A linear thermoplastic polyurethane comprising: at least three poly(phenylene ether) repeat units having the structure wherein each occurrence of Q 1 is independently halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; each occurrence of Q 2 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; each occurrence of R 1 and R 2 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; m and n are independently 0 to 20, provided that the sum of m and n is at least 3; and Y is selected from wherein each occurrence of R 3 -R 6 is independently hydrogen or C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl; and at least three diisocyanate residue repeat units having the structure wherein R 7 is, independently in each repeat unit, C 4 -C 18 hydrocarbylene; wherein at least one terminal oxygen atom of each poly(phenylene ether) repeat unit is covalently bonded to a terminal carbamoyl group of a diisocyanate residue repeat unit to form a urethane moiety. at least three poly(phenylene ether) repeat units having the structure wherein each occurrence of Q 1 is independently halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; each occurrence of Q 2 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; each occurrence of R 1 and R 2 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbylthio, C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 2 -C 12 halohydrocarbyloxy wherein at least two carbon atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl provided that the hydrocarbyl group is not tertiary hydrocarbyl; m and n are independently 0 to 20, provided that the sum of m and n is at least 3; and Y is selected from wherein each occurrence of R 3 -R 6 is independently hydrogen or C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbyl; and at least three diisocyanate residue repeat units having the structure wherein R 7 is, independently in each repeat unit, C 4 -C 18 hydrocarbylene; wherein at least one terminal oxygen atom of each poly(phenylene ether) repeat unit is covalently bonded to a terminal carbamoyl group of a diisocyanate residue repeat unit to form a urethane moiety. <EOS>