Example Sentences

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"At some point, there are a lot of things that contribute nonlinearly to a material's properties, and you are lost," Taheri-Mousavi says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Cuarón tells the story nonlinearly, and because of this decision, we as viewers have the opportunity to watch Nancy’s full arc and be shaken to our cores by Manville’s gripping turn.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

"It meant that we could nonlinearly control the energy flow within these magnetic systems."

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

For some, like peanut butter, a minimum shearing or cutting force may be needed to get it flowing, and it may vary nonlinearly with shearing strain.

From Scientific American • May 9, 2023

The structure of the book — bouncing nonlinearly among the past, the near-past and the present — is frustratingly complex, to the point where it's nearly impossible to grasp the storyline.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2016