as in to tie
to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord
I tethered the boat to the dock before coming ashore.
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Recent Examples of tether
And Netanyahu is forced to concede that the war is over, and is tethered to a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The three movies all explore the idea of desire, especially for youth, being tethered to humiliation.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 10 Jan. 2025
Such a dramatic turn suggests that the Ukrainian people have chosen emphatically and irreversibly to align with Europe and the West, not to leave their future tethered to Russia.
—Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The three movies all explore the idea of desire, especially for youth, being tethered to humiliation.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 10 Jan. 2025
Such a dramatic turn suggests that the Ukrainian people have chosen emphatically and irreversibly to align with Europe and the West, not to leave their future tethered to Russia.
—Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tether
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Tristan Fraser tied the game, beating BU goalie Mikhail Yegorov a mere 59 seconds in.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom tied the knot in style!—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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In the photos, which were obtained by Page Six, Bündchen strolled with her infant secured in a baby carrier strapped to her chest.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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That’s all well and good for the strapping extroverts, the clown-class veterans and the front-row-comedy sitters, but what about the rest of us?—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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After Alex left, there was the hurdle of Link and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) — and that disastrous moment when Link roped Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) kids into helping him with a proposal that quickly went awry.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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Schlossberg has used his social media in recent months to repeatedly blast RFK Jr., occasionally roping in Hines for standing by her husband, who is a longtime anti-vaccine activist.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The five-member commission held a 40-minute executive session to discuss legal strategies but took no binding action.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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And even as experts point to overwhelming data on vaccine safety, the raw and immediate accounts — delivered straight to the movement’s followers — provide a narrative that public health officials, bound by evidence and constrained by institutional caution, struggle to counter.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Tether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tether. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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