tackle
noun
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing.
tackled
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past participleof tackle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tackle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tacklenounequipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing.
Example Sentences
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They tackled well and trailed only 14-7 at halftime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
If the customer is looking for a large-scale transformation—like reinventing its finance group around AI—the Accenture pod starts by identifying which processes AI can actually reinvent and the order in which they should be tackled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bilton sees AI as the kind of defining story “60 Minutes” tackled in previous eras, including the Vietnam War, the fight against Big Tobacco and the Sept. 11 attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Aditi Shrikant and Beth Pinsker tackled the above question:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
I don’t think anyone heard me, because they were all laughing at Laura—the big clown in our group—mimicking one after the other the expressions that appeared on Tommy’s face as he ran, waved, called, tackled.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
