tether
noun
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
had tethered
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past perfectof tether.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He readied a pledge to invest vast amounts in the U.S. and emphasized the U.A.E. had tethered itself to the U.S. on AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
An arbitrator ends the “reserve clause” that had tethered players to one employer for life, triggering the largest salary gains of any group of employees, anywhere—and changing labor practices in all U.S. sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
For so long, I had tethered my identity to New York, its culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2021
Mere weeks ago they broke free of the shells that had tethered them to terra firma, spread their nascent wings and wobbled into the heavens, into endless possibilities, into stationary objects.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
In less than a minute, he had tethered all four venti.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
