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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Consisting of six episodes, the first season of the show launched on the streamer last spring, co-starring Hugh Bonneville, Tamsin Greig and Ellie White.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Many were pricey pieces of programming for the streamer; a Training Day prequel without Denzel Washington might have suited HBO Max but couldn’t be justified budget-wise for the big screen.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Amid catastrophic destruction on the Westside of Los Angeles to Altadena and surrounding areas from the Palisades and Eaton blazes, Hollywood studios, streamers, agencies and nonprofits have rallied to provide support.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
The streamer said its median age of viewership was 49.0 years across 15 telecasts of Thursday Night Football.
—Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Many were pricey pieces of programming for the streamer; a Training Day prequel without Denzel Washington might have suited HBO Max but couldn’t be justified budget-wise for the big screen.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Amid catastrophic destruction on the Westside of Los Angeles to Altadena and surrounding areas from the Palisades and Eaton blazes, Hollywood studios, streamers, agencies and nonprofits have rallied to provide support.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
The streamer said its median age of viewership was 49.0 years across 15 telecasts of Thursday Night Football.
—Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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