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as in attaches
to cause (something) to hold to another
use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form
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2
as in secures
to put securely in place or in a desired position
don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent
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as in focuses
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done
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Vecna attaches one of the vines to Will's mouth, overriding his willpower and possessing him.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025 -
Vecna looks to the sky as a particularly off-putting tentacle emerges and attaches to Will’s mouth, pumping an unknown substance into his body.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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These comments are important because our government must place premium in creating a society that respects human lives, secures its borders and protects its citizens.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Whoever controls the electromagnetic spectrum, secures the provenance of data, and fields resilient sensing systems will shape not only military outcomes but the political economy of the coming decades.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees will be pushing for Tucker's services as Chicago focuses on pitching.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Microsoft, which has a dominant position in enterprise software and focuses largely on business customers, wants to build AI capabilities into Office and Windows that can automate complex tasks out of the box.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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This is an adjustable graphics-card brace, and its screw tightens the part that clamps it to the slide.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Here, Lloyd clamps a muzzle — part fetish club, part Bane — over Lucky’s mouth while Pozzo pushes him in a wheelchair (the actor, Michael Patrick Thornton, uses a chair).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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His team of 40 also concentrates on bigger and bigger deals that swell their take from the average directs transaction.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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But for the forthcoming 18th volume, Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, which concentrates on Dylan’s earliest recordings during his folk period, the baton was passed to Wilentz.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Fastens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastens. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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