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 2008 study, in which subjects were blindfolded, revealed that the seizing of an idle area by other senses begins in as little as 90 minutes.
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Roberta McLain, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
Right there for the seizing, the crucial times instead have consumed the offense through unyielding pressure, a torrent of sacks, two intentional grounding calls and an interception.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
For Israelis, the seizing of so many hostages, coupled with the killings of Oct. 7, amounted to a national trauma.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Celebrations over the news of Saturday’s release were tempered in the wake of the kidnapping a day earlier of more than 300 schoolgirls, an even larger abduction than the seizing of 276 girls from the town in Chibok in 2014 that ignited the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
—Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
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Roberta McLain, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
Right there for the seizing, the crucial times instead have consumed the offense through unyielding pressure, a torrent of sacks, two intentional grounding calls and an interception.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
For Israelis, the seizing of so many hostages, coupled with the killings of Oct. 7, amounted to a national trauma.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Celebrations over the news of Saturday’s release were tempered in the wake of the kidnapping a day earlier of more than 300 schoolgirls, an even larger abduction than the seizing of 276 girls from the town in Chibok in 2014 that ignited the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
—Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
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“Seizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seizing. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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