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as in link
a uniting or binding force or influence
the cords of trust and affection that exist between the longtime friends
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as in to rope
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Recent Examples of cord
Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The stand features a small hole for cord management and is versatile, offering a full 90-degree pivot, which is helpful for gamers seeking a vertical monitor.
—PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2025
The Levi’s x Barbour Type II Waxed Jacket leverages Barbour’s most traditional colorway in archive olive, while the Type II Denim version offers mid-wash indigo denim with a Barbour green cord collar and tonal embroidery at the cuff placket.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Twelve years ago last month, a spinal-cord injury ended Finley's career.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The stand features a small hole for cord management and is versatile, offering a full 90-degree pivot, which is helpful for gamers seeking a vertical monitor.
—PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2025
The Levi’s x Barbour Type II Waxed Jacket leverages Barbour’s most traditional colorway in archive olive, while the Type II Denim version offers mid-wash indigo denim with a Barbour green cord collar and tonal embroidery at the cuff placket.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cord
Noun
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Wireless and cable still represent roughly 85% of Rogers’ revenue, but the media and sports segment has been growing faster, as the company looks to unlock some of that value for shareholders.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Traditionally performed on a bench with footplates and an attached cable machine, a heavy resistance band can emulate a similar effect.—
Leoni Jesner,
Health,
1 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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There are more subtle links between the franchises as well, like the casting of Cameron Brown as the Drone Synth in the film.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Karri raised a couple of million pounds in funding last October to develop this model, and put it to good use by roping in legendary agency Pentagram for its industrial design inputs.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
5 Sep. 2025
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With two men on and the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Duran roped a hard line drive into the right-center gap, which rolled into the triangle between center fielder Oneil Cruz and right fielder Alexander Canario.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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After a multi-agency search, a police dog handler found her naked body concealed under palm fronds at a sports ground just beyond a wire fence near the caravan park — six days after she was last seen, the newspaper reported.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Citrus Heights Mexican restaurant was closed after health inspectors discovered nine live and dead German cockroaches in various areas including rice and bean bulk containers, wire rack storage and the hallway.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Gelinas points out that the MTA pledges future bus fares to bond holders as a condition of borrowing money.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Akaganeite gripped pollutants most strongly, but lepidocrocite had more chemically active sites that triggered faster bond breaking.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Crew members strap Vaughan into the harness, attach him to the crane, and lift him off the ground as Bennett films the whole thing on his cell phone.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Marty Friedman straps one on and puts it through its paces, cranking out some maximum riffage while lighting up Godzilla on the face of the guitar.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The flag, a symbol of the tribe’s long and hard-fought sovereignty, the ways its people have given to the Elk Grove community, and ties to land that date back, in Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen’s remarks, to time immemorial, launches the city’s commemoration of Native American Heritage Month.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, had signaled a willingness to meet Kim Jong Un without conditions to improve ties between their countries; several years later, then-leader Fumio Kishida also conveyed his intention to meet the North Korean leader.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The silhouette featured an almond toe and stacked block heel, while the shaft made a unique statement with cinching at the ankle, a general looseness up the leg and then a lace threaded through the circumference about three-quarters of the way up, knotted in a bow as a dainty embellishment.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Alphabet spent just enough and grew enough to thread the needle for a post-earnings stock advance of more than 8%.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cord. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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