as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom
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as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory
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Recent Examples of yoke
Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
That’s a world in which Democrats might be able to actually pare back the GOP majority to 51 and embolden Republican senators who are already chafing under the MAGA yoke.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
To yoke those antennas together into a single powerful telescope will require state-of-the-art amplification and signal processing (more on that later).
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017
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Noun
But Knox, who was wrongly imprisoned during her 2007 study abroad semester in Perugia, Italy, twice convicted, and ultimately exonerated for the murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher, may never climb out from under the yoke of public opinion.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
That’s a world in which Democrats might be able to actually pare back the GOP majority to 51 and embolden Republican senators who are already chafing under the MAGA yoke.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Children could survive being yoked to the value of humanity as a whole.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
To yoke those antennas together into a single powerful telescope will require state-of-the-art amplification and signal processing (more on that later).
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yoke
Noun
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States gained additional representation in Congress and in the Electoral College, thereby entrenching slavery in the national political framework.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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By Scott Spillman The book is less about slavery than about how Americans have thought, written, and wrestled with it for more than 200 years.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Located near Ramona High School, the site would have access to crosswalks and sidewalks connecting the property to the high school and is conveniently located near Olive Peirce Middle and Montecito High, Wolski said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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Investigators find bloody clothes in Ansonia murder, missing baby case Police investigators have found bloody clothes and rags connected to the murder of an Ansonia woman, but law enforcement sources said there’s nothing that explains what happened to her missing 1-year-old daughter.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The court declared that this man was free and could not be held in bondage.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Reverend Back says Easter is the oldest of Christian celebrations, Jesus’s tradition of Passover, according to Hebrews — from bondage into freedom and for Christians — from death into life.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Above, delicate wool garland is strung in festive celebration.—
Lauren Breedlove,
AFAR Media,
10 Apr. 2025
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So, by stringing this case out for an additional three weeks, the justices ensured that Trump’s executive order wouldn’t go into effect any time soon.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Notably absent from the main cast is Kordell Beckham, the other Season 6 winner, who was coupled up with Serena.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Trump then coupled the antisemitism charges with a new enemy, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, threatening universities with billions of dollars of cuts in federal programs.—
Sandy Tolan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many women left the punitive existence of domestic servitude and escaped to the booming city by the sea.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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The people are crying out for relief from medical servitude and the Trump administration keeps doubling down on the oppression.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Then the hope is that over time the company starts integrating that into their work and the performance in an unselfconscious way.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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To further integrate the environment, use natural materials such as oak and mixed hardwood.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Medical experts have said for years there is no evidence linking vaccines to autism, but a new poll has found that a growing number of Americans, particularly those who support President Trump, disagree.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the first instance, group chat invites were hijacked to link attacker devices to target accounts.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Yoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yoke. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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