neat line
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It's no longer reasonable, Verrelli believes, to draw a neat line between urban and wild spaces.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025
She describes herself as "physically disfigured" after her C-section: "The scar is like a flap - it's completely numb, it's not a nice neat line."
From BBC • May 13, 2024
This is a neat line because it works as both a general election and primary argument.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023
In a fenced-off area guarded by police on the fringe of the global climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, around 30 Egyptian youths stood in a neat line holding up placards and chanting "Save our Planet".
From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2022
One, two, three, the owls soared through it and landed on the table in a neat line.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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