tying
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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If Google does link up with SpaceX, it would be the latest move tying the major companies together.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Parlays are big money-makers for sportsbooks because they involve tying together multiple discrete bets into one long-shot wager.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong makes the link much more explicit, tying his company’s roughly 14% layoffs to AI productivity gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Mater Dei had a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the eighth with two out when Ricardo Hurtado hit a fly ball that couldn’t be caught, resulting in a tying run.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
She had made a cross by tying two grapevines together and covering them with tinfoil.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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