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or tieing
1
as in binding
to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord
tied the newspapers into a bundle
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as in matching
to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)
at the class reunion we learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in medicine—how could the rest of us tie that?
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Recent Examples of tying
This marks the first positive forensic match tying Mangione directly to the scene where Brian Thompson was gunned down just over a week ago outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Tangent Since the reports tying Mangione and Kaczynski together first surfaced Monday, search interest in the Unabomber’s case has skyrocketed.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Bag up thicker icing in a variety of shades, clipping or tying the back of the piping bags to seal, then create bags of thinner icing in a variety of colors.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
The second required only one completion, an absolute laser over the middle to DJ Moore for 27 yards to set up Cairo Santos’ game-tying 48-yard field goal as time expired.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
Ensuring The Price Remains Right Customers who pour all their budget into one technology solution are effectively tying the performance of their business to the performance of one solution.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
On Tampa Bay’s tying goal, Jake DeBrusk, who was supposed to cover the point, dove in down low to try and steal the puck.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
The booster flew for a record-tying 19th time and made a recovery landing downrange on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Early in the fourth quarter, Quinn Ewers found DeAndre Moore on a quick slant, and Moore did the rest for a game-tying 41-yard touchdown.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Dakin Andone, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Tangent Since the reports tying Mangione and Kaczynski together first surfaced Monday, search interest in the Unabomber’s case has skyrocketed.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Bag up thicker icing in a variety of shades, clipping or tying the back of the piping bags to seal, then create bags of thinner icing in a variety of colors.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
The second required only one completion, an absolute laser over the middle to DJ Moore for 27 yards to set up Cairo Santos’ game-tying 48-yard field goal as time expired.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
Ensuring The Price Remains Right Customers who pour all their budget into one technology solution are effectively tying the performance of their business to the performance of one solution.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
On Tampa Bay’s tying goal, Jake DeBrusk, who was supposed to cover the point, dove in down low to try and steal the puck.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
The booster flew for a record-tying 19th time and made a recovery landing downrange on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Early in the fourth quarter, Quinn Ewers found DeAndre Moore on a quick slant, and Moore did the rest for a game-tying 41-yard touchdown.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Tying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tying. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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