timeline
noun
a linear representation of important events in the order in which they occurred.
time line
-
a variation of
timeline.
Example Sentences
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This information will be coupled with data recovered from the plane’s black boxes to help investigators construct an accident time line, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
On presentation to the emergency department, according to the time line in the article, she exhibited low blood pressure, a tender abdomen, and foul-smelling discharge during a pelvic exam—all evidence of abdominal infection.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2024
That time line is no longer possible pending a decision by Asiana's board.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023
Complicating this, there isn’t one pathway or time line for being transgender, says Tey Meadow, a Columbia University sociologist who studies sexuality and gender.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023
Then, it is argued, you would have set into motion a different sequence of historical events, which those you left behind in our time line would never know about.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
