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lanyard

noun

Definition of lanyard

as in cord

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Recent Examples of lanyard Tourists in national team shirts and officials and media members with credential lanyards around their necks are roaming around Bayside Marketplace. — Miami Herald, 11 June 2026 Picard trained as a lanyard man, the puller of the firing cord. — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 What if the work badge at the end of your lanyard had a touchscreen, 5G connectivity, a camera, microphones, and a fingerprint scanner? — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026 In the foreground, Tom's expo credential lanyard hangs from a chain link fence. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lanyard

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Noun

Even inexpensive and innocuous items, such as a cord cover and a key bowl, can work wonders for you in your mission to tidy up your home.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Electrical cords and chargers can cause burns or electrocution.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of cord

Noun

But Norway were angered by England’s first goal which came after a goal kick appeared to hit an overhead sky camera wire before dropping to Elliot Anderson in the build-up.

— The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Pixel control unlocked The system combines a phase-change material with a crossbar network of copper wires similar to those used in display technologies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

Definition of wire

Noun

Having achieved their goal, Muñiz-Ochoa, Atkinson and two other climbers who followed them slid down the ropes to solid ground.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
To further change things up from a typical white Air Force 1, Morant’s pearly pair includes thick rope shoelaces instead of the standard flat cotton look.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 July 2026

Definition of rope

Noun

In 1982, Paxson moved the concept to a local Tampa cable outlet, called it Home Shopping Channel and, after a few years, took it national as Home Shopping Network.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
The movie itself is strange — a collection of six surreal shorts cobbled together to look like the cable-access and PBS fare Frost grew up on.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026

Definition of cable

Noun

Again, this gap is not hospitals’ fault but the system that makes hospital stays, surgeries and emergency room visits out of reach for many Americans with limited incomes even with insurance.

— Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Visitors were also coming for shorter stays, often just for individual games, instead of weeks.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of stay

Noun

Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.

— Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
The flag should never be used for any kind of advertising purposes, and advertising signs should not be fastened to a flag's staff or halyard.

— John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024

Definition of halyard

Noun

Given the unique nature of spreading credit among that many artists, Gilroy had to pull some strings—bypassing people’s agents to meet one-on-one.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
Year over year, the basin has experienced reduced supply, often combined with a string of very dry years, and the river system has never been able to adequately rebuild its supply.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 July 2026

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