1
: fork
2
: a tine of a fork
3
: a slender pointed or projecting part: such as
a
: a fang of a tooth
b
: a point of an antler
4
: something resembling a prong
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
The next few months will bring deadlines for key prongs of the Biden trade policy: an effort with Europe to remake the global steel market; negotiations toward an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); and deciding what to do about tariffs on U.S. imports from China.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
In this video, someone stuck a fork on the nail, so the nail is securely sandwiched between two prong and the fork's handle is pointed toward the ceiling.
—Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
Step 4: Using a soft, clean toothbrush, gently scrub between the prongs, being careful not to remove any of the brush's ceramic coating.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
Their branches have prongs on one end which can be placed into a drink and briskly rotated between the palms of the hand to mix a cocktail.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
The latest inflation data is a further prong in the argument to pause rate hikes or even reverse them.
—Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 13 June 2023
Another big prong in McDonald’s plan is making Lululemon a global player.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 June 2023
Made with genius folder dividers and prongs, students can organize pages by labeling according to subject or class.
—Emily Rochotte, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.
—Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 2 Aug. 2019
The solutions, according to the Bay Area Equity Atlas report and Price’s work, have to be multi-pronged in order to really tackle the problems of housing affordability.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
Few hardware manufacturers have convinced other game makers that their strange, proprietary chips—full of multi-pronged, work-in-tandem processors or cores—are worth those system-specific headaches.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2018
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
To answer these questions, the researchers launched a multi-pronged analysis.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2018
The indictments of the 13 Russians relate to just one prong of a multi-pronged investigation.
—Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 20 Feb. 2018
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Noun
The second and fourth fingers can become a prong that hammers out rapid patterns.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
The next few months will bring deadlines for key prongs of the Biden trade policy: an effort with Europe to remake the global steel market; negotiations toward an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); and deciding what to do about tariffs on U.S. imports from China.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
In this video, someone stuck a fork on the nail, so the nail is securely sandwiched between two prong and the fork's handle is pointed toward the ceiling.
—Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
Step 4: Using a soft, clean toothbrush, gently scrub between the prongs, being careful not to remove any of the brush's ceramic coating.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
Their branches have prongs on one end which can be placed into a drink and briskly rotated between the palms of the hand to mix a cocktail.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
The latest inflation data is a further prong in the argument to pause rate hikes or even reverse them.
—Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 13 June 2023
Another big prong in McDonald’s plan is making Lululemon a global player.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 June 2023
Made with genius folder dividers and prongs, students can organize pages by labeling according to subject or class.
—Emily Rochotte, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
Verb
The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.
—Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.
—Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 2 Aug. 2019
The solutions, according to the Bay Area Equity Atlas report and Price’s work, have to be multi-pronged in order to really tackle the problems of housing affordability.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
Few hardware manufacturers have convinced other game makers that their strange, proprietary chips—full of multi-pronged, work-in-tandem processors or cores—are worth those system-specific headaches.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2018
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
To answer these questions, the researchers launched a multi-pronged analysis.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2018
The indictments of the 13 Russians relate to just one prong of a multi-pronged investigation.
—Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 20 Feb. 2018
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prong
nounˈprȯŋ,
ˈpräŋ
2
: one of the sharp points of a fork : tine
3
: a slender pointed part that sticks out (as on an antler)
4
: something resembling a prong
there are two prongs to the argument
pronged
adjective
ˈprȯŋd
ˈpräŋd
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