line graph
noun
: a graph in which points representing values of a variable for suitable values of an independent variable are connected by a broken line
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The format is up to you, though, with options for (in menu order) bar graphs, vertical bar graphs, pie charts, doughnut charts, line graphs, and area graphs.
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PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
This is a line graph of Google search interest for Jeffrey Epstein from April 14 through July 14, 2025.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 15 July 2025
This is a small multiples chart of line graphs for independent voter registration share in the 31 jurisdictions with data from 2000 to 2025.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 25 June 2025
Note that the line graph is available for single pollutant layers only (i.e. ‘ozone’ or ‘PM2.5’).
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
For more detailed analysis, the Times and other publications have turned to the Congestion Pricing Tracker, a Web site that collects data on commute times and displays them in a series of before-and-after line graphs.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The data is presented as a line graph of traffic times before and after congestion pricing went into effect on January 5th.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
The main one is that the powerbrokers in the MLB offices are craven, and their souls have been replaced with line graphs going up and up and up.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
The emotional component may be what decides this, not the summary of any government report or the line graph in a think tank paper.
—Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
This is a line graph of Google search interest for Jeffrey Epstein from April 14 through July 14, 2025.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 15 July 2025
This is a small multiples chart of line graphs for independent voter registration share in the 31 jurisdictions with data from 2000 to 2025.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 25 June 2025
Note that the line graph is available for single pollutant layers only (i.e. ‘ozone’ or ‘PM2.5’).
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
For more detailed analysis, the Times and other publications have turned to the Congestion Pricing Tracker, a Web site that collects data on commute times and displays them in a series of before-and-after line graphs.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The data is presented as a line graph of traffic times before and after congestion pricing went into effect on January 5th.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
The main one is that the powerbrokers in the MLB offices are craven, and their souls have been replaced with line graphs going up and up and up.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
The emotional component may be what decides this, not the summary of any government report or the line graph in a think tank paper.
—Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Line graph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20graph. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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