1
a
: the cord or lashing used in binding or fastening
b
: the fastening so made see knot illustration
2
: the operation of fastening together or lashing with tarred small stuff
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The Guardians’ pitching staff fueled the club’s historic seizing of the AL Central.
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Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The theory is that each of these tax rates distinctly discourages the production and the seizing of initiative in the economy; therefore, cutting them enhances economic activity to an uncommon degree.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In the month following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and Hamas's seizing of hundreds of Israeli hostages, Francis had nontheless prayed they would soon be freed and called for dialogue.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
But seizing could also include a step back, with the meaning having been drained from these final two games of the season, and with losses potentially improving the Heat’s alternate reality of falling into the NBA draft lottery, which would be the case without two play-in wins.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2025
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Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The theory is that each of these tax rates distinctly discourages the production and the seizing of initiative in the economy; therefore, cutting them enhances economic activity to an uncommon degree.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In the month following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and Hamas's seizing of hundreds of Israeli hostages, Francis had nontheless prayed they would soon be freed and called for dialogue.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
But seizing could also include a step back, with the meaning having been drained from these final two games of the season, and with losses potentially improving the Heat’s alternate reality of falling into the NBA draft lottery, which would be the case without two play-in wins.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Seizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seizing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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