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- noun Alternative spelling of
down line . - adjective Describing a
lower level in ahierarchical management structure
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Examples
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To me, "prevention" implies a defensive posture of warding off disease, while "proactive" empowers us to address problems ahead of the curve when it's easier and cheaper to do so, rather than down-line when disease progression makes it more expensive.
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China also bans so-called down-line sales, in which a person shares in the sales commissions of anyone he recruits.
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Several times now, I've seen skydivers dropping in at events with an American flag on their rigging or on a weighted down-line.
Frost jhetley 2007
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One of several Node Code processes that handles circuit termination for internal functions (down-line loading, XRAY, and delay measurement)
How to Plot Your Takeover Hobsbawm, E.J. 1969
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From Guildford the down-line followed the Wey valley to Godalming, then, over Milford and Witley, proceeded to Haslemere and on through Petersfield towards Portsmouth.
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932
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Then rapidly Max selected two pairs of rails, one pair on the up-line and one on the down-line, and the dozen great spanners were quickly at work.
Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns W. P. Shervill 1915
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Leaning to his telegraph instrument, he wired to the agent at Stanwood, twenty-six miles down-line, his formal announcement.
Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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I went on, passing a great number of crowded trains on the down-line, two of them in collision, and very broken up, and one exploded engine; even the fields and cuttings on either hand of the line had a rather populous look, as if people, when trains and vehicles failed, had set to trudging westward in caravans and streams.
The Purple Cloud 1906
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You also get a website, a back office, a down-line progress report and internet marketing tools like banner ads.
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You also get a website, a back office, a down-line progress report and internet marketing tools like banner ads.
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