How to Use tiebreaker in a Sentence

tiebreaker

noun

• Both shot 398 but the tiebreaker was the sixth player‘s scores.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record: The Twins edge the Tigers there, 7-6.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
• Both teams scored twice in the first three rounds of the tiebreaker.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• Here's what's left to watch for in the tiebreaker race.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2021
• The Clippers own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Lakers.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• Who has the tiebreaker if both the Bucks and Celtics finish with the same record?
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• The next tiebreaker is head-to-head, and the Aztecs are 2-1 against the other two.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
• Twins and Tigers tied at 85-77, with the Twins taking the tiebreaker.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
• The Red Sox own the tiebreaker over the Yankees, in the case that the two teams finish with equal records ...
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021
• Swiatek then missed a backhand, and Jabeur pushed things to the tiebreaker and led it 5-4.
  — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2022
• The Broncos hold the tiebreaker edge over Utah State by virtue of a 27-3 win in Week 4.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
• And by virtue of their 3-1 head-to-head record against the Lakers, the Warriors own the tiebreaker.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• Head-to-head is not the first tiebreaker in draft order.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2022
• But the Jazz own the tiebreaker on the Nuggets, thanks to winning all four games against them this year.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
• Utah and Arizona State are tied atop the South at 3-1, but the Utes hold that tiebreaker.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• The Orioles were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2022
• Late in the tiebreaker, Kyrgios came to the middle of the net, and gave Garin three short chances to put the ball past him.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2022
• If there was a need for a tiebreaker, that moment said it all.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• Division record is the second tiebreaker and the Browns are 2-2, the Ravens 1-3.
  — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
• The last step in this sort process, the tiebreaker, is sorting by hashcode.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• After a back-and-forth third set, the pair went to the tiebreaker and Tan was able to hold on and defeat Williams.
  — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
• The tiebreaker at the time was the result of the weigh-in, determining who was stronger pound for pound.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• To win the tiebreaker against Houston, which has won six of the first 10 meetings, the Rangers would have to sweep the Astros next week.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The top two teams in each group — where goal difference is the first tiebreaker — advance to the round of 16.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• Grant won the tiebreaker, via the OSAA rankings, and was the league’s top seed in the state tournament.
  — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
• In most tennis matches, when a set moves to a tiebreaker, the outcome comes down to a flip of a coin.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• This could be a tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed; neither team can afford to lose.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
• With the victory, New York is off to a franchise-best 23-4 start and holds the head-to-head tiebreaker against the Aces.
  — Wayne Sterling, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
• Caveat: If the playoffs started today, the 49ers would miss out though because Arizona holds the tiebreaker over them.
  — Ross Terrell, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
• Margin of victory matters for tiebreakers, so teams are incentivized to run up the score.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024