tiebreaker

noun

tie·break·er ˈtī-ˌbrā-kər

plural tiebreakers

: an additional contest or period of play used to select a winner when a competition or part of a competition ends in a tie

… after a 90-minute rain delay in the third set, won a riveting tiebreaker.—

L. Jon Wertheim

called also tiebreak

: a person whose vote breaks a tie

The vice president served as a tiebreaker in the last senate vote.

: a final vote, point, or score that determines the winner in a contest

She cast the tiebreaker.

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Random drawing if two or more teams are still tied following the previous tiebreakers What’s at Stake? —

Brian Sampson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 The Seahawks currently lead the division having gotten the favorable tiebreaker thanks to their Week 12 home victory over the Cardinals. —

Ben Morse, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 Army hopes to stay above Tulane in those rankings in case they’re needed as a tiebreaker to determine which team hosts the AAC championship game. —

Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2024 Assuming 53 Republicans, support from 50 of them plus Vance as a tiebreaker would be sufficient to confirm. —

Tia Yang, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tiebreaker