1
as in to attach
to cause (something) to hold to another
use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form
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2
as in to secure
to put securely in place or in a desired position
don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent
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3
as in to focus
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done
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Recent Examples of fasten
Now sit back, fasten your seatbelts, and enjoy the 97th Academy Awards this Sunday.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
While the queen consort and King Charles were touring Scotland in July 2023, Queen Camilla fastened the shimmering brooch to her pale blue skirt suit attire.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
Queen Letizia fastened a diamond and grey pearl brooch that once belonged to King Felipe VI’s great-grandmother, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
In one video shared on Snapchat, passenger Ashley Zook appeared to dangle upside down from her seat inside the plane with her seatbelt fastened, AFP reported.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
While the queen consort and King Charles were touring Scotland in July 2023, Queen Camilla fastened the shimmering brooch to her pale blue skirt suit attire.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025
Queen Letizia fastened a diamond and grey pearl brooch that once belonged to King Felipe VI’s great-grandmother, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
In one video shared on Snapchat, passenger Ashley Zook appeared to dangle upside down from her seat inside the plane with her seatbelt fastened, AFP reported.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fasten
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When the last of his players finished talking and left the interview area, Reiser looked both ways and then pulled out his iPhone, with a Mass card attached to the back, and let his story out in whispers.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
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Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves.—
John Raby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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SeatGeek provides a series of tips for fans to practice in hopes to secure cheap tickets.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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New users who secure BetMGM bonus code NEWSWEEK1500 will have a chance to go big on the NBA, MLB or college basketball this week.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some people plan just a few months ahead, focusing on immediate expenses, while others think decades into the future, prioritizing long-term investments, retirement planning, and strategic capital investing.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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This is partly why ALS research still focuses on genes, Evelyn Talbott, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, told me.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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As part of sharing their stories, the participants would affix a brown paper luggage tag to the object to keep a record of the object’s provenance, or its history of ownership.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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Out back, a fence will soon hug the tiny porch where visitors will still be able to see the lines on the brick where the lean-to’s roof was formerly affixed.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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Keep in mind that the diameter of the clamping surface may vary from 25.5 to 35 millimeters.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Unlike Ophiocordyceps, which forces ants to clamp onto vegetation before a fruiting body erupts from their heads, Gibellula species spread in a finer, more filamentous way, using the entire spider’s body as a fungal scaffolding.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Take two minutes to breathe deeply and concentrate on your breath.—
David Ko,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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For decades, the feds predominantly chose to only target businesses that expressly marketed their products as poppers intended for inhalation, concentrating their enforcement efforts on more dangerous drugs.—
David Mack,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Tristan Fraser tied the game, beating BU goalie Mikhail Yegorov a mere 59 seconds in.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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The first wave of deadly overdoses were tied to OxyContin and other prescription drugs, and subsequent waves have involved first heroin and more recently illicit versions of fentanyl.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Because of this responsibility, a CIO might hitch their cart to one vendor to ease their AI strategy and governance.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Buh buh!), Mario Cipollina’s driving bass, and Chris Hayes’ electric guitar start blaring as Marty rushes off to school on his skateboard, hitching rides on the back of a Ford pickup truck and then again on a Jeep Wrangler; one of the coolest things this ’80s kids had ever seen.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Fasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fasten. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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