tying
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Our call of the day from Citrini Research suggests investors stop tying themselves in knots trying to figure out “what moats will endure in software.”
From MarketWatch
Instead, they’re frozen in their grown-up strangeness, Dad picking at his nails and Aunt Melissa tying her dish towel into knots.
From Literature
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This approach allows Shell to capture attractive value in the LNG chain without tying up significant capital, Sawan says at International Energy Week in London.
In 2014, its then private-equity owner Golden Gate Capital sold off the chain’s real estate, tying Red Lobster with rent payments and leases, many of which continue almost indefinitely.
And two innings later, Jonathan smacked a triple into left field that scored the tying run.
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