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.
has tethered
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present perfectof tether (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nvidia has benefited from making itself a central part of the AI ecosystem, but that means that the company has tethered its own financial performance to that of its partners and customers.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
But in “Years of Longing,” he has tethered himself to hopeless, uninvolving source material.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
The difference, of course, as Knight recognizes, is that Macbeth has tethered himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2015
Tom Odell, a singer-songwriter who has tethered a developing career to 500lb of pine and ivory, does what he can.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013
Even before the recession began, young people were leaving home later; now the bad economy has tethered them there indefinitely.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2011
