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Definition of tiebreaker
: an additional contest or period of play used to select a winner when a competition ends in a tie
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Recent Examples of tiebreaker from the Web
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Rivalries matter, especially in the division tiebreakers that seem to constantly be in play in the AFC North.
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The Heat are coming off a 41-41 season that left them a tiebreaker shy of the playoffs.
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The top three boats all finished with seven points and Horowitz won the tiebreaker by having the most first-place finishes.
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When Wednesday’s humiliating tiebreaker ended, a dejected Nishikori took out his aggression on his racket by hurling it down.
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Whiteside has split his offseason between South Florida, various vacation spots and his native North Carolina, with the Heat missing the playoffs by a tiebreaker after finishing the season at 41-41.
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Republicans hold a two-vote majority in the 100-member Senate (and Vice President Mike Pence would be the tiebreaker in the case of a 50-50 split), but passing AHCA might not be so easy.
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After dropping the first set 6-1, Komis recovered and won via a super tiebreaker.
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But if those elements were relatively even, a tiebreaker had to be fielding.
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First Known Use of tiebreaker
circa 1932
TIEBREAKER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of tiebreaker for English Language Learners
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: something (such as an extra period of play or an extra question) that is used to decide a winner when a game, contest, etc., has ended with a tied score
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