IRONED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

ironed

verb

past tense of iron

as in tied

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The head-to-head series between Gauff and Pegula is now tied at five apiece.

— Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
The arrivals are coming to a nation whose history is deeply tied to migration from the US.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of tied

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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of trussed

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Workers lashed the broad branches together with steel cables and chains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
The fight intensified Sunday when Mark Goldfeder, head of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, lashed out at Bonta and suggested California’s top law enforcement official was doing Ruffalo’s bidding by filing the antitrust lawsuit.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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For now, though, the puppy who once came bounding into CBS Texas is growing up right before our eyes.

— Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
How Leaders Should Prepare The organizations that get this right will be the ones that deploy agents where the work is bounded, the data is clean and the accountability is clear.

— Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.

— Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Knizner secured the ball, but the winning run scored as Knizner couldn’t get his foot on the plate.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

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However, when one of the three women feels guilty about snubbing their lifelong pal, Mel shows up and suddenly the weekend turns to complete chaos, tempting the trio to break free from the madness that has hobbled their friend group for years.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Hui’s Evergrande Group has been hobbled by debt since 2021, with $300 billion in liabilities.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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In fact, police questioned several other men in connection with the murder of Weaver, who was hog-tied, raped and strangled by her attacker, who then set a fire in her bedroom to cover his tracks, court papers state.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 15 May 2026
Most damning of all is that her body was found hog-tied in a conspicuously similar fashion as Reynolds’ previous presumptive victim, Bunny Davis.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026

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