plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
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streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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And its streamer Peacock surpassed $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
But one thing’s for sure during the return of the streamer’s two-week explosion of dream lineups of the best comics in the world: there will be plenty to choose from.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
But one thing’s for sure during the return of the streamer’s two-week explosion of dream lineups of the best comics in the world: there will be plenty to choose from.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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