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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

Everyone says to keep your electronics with you on a flight, but what about their bulky cords?

— Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
Broadcasters of all sizes, especially local station owners, have been battling cord-cutting and coping with ongoing audience and advertiser shifts away from linear viewing.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of cord

Noun

The album’s mood is evocative of a hot summer’s day; the combination of live-wire drum breaks and breezy keys suggests the feeling of dipping your toes in the ocean when the temperature outside is pushing 90.

— Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026
Safely lift grease and grime from grill grates without wire bristles, harsh chemicals or endless scrubbing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of wire

Noun

Cranes were used to set up hanging ropes in Isfahan, a central city in the country, to execute three young protesters.

— Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
The Silverton Medical Rescue team constructed a technical rope system to safely bring two surviving patients back to the road.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of rope

Noun

All these guys, all my teammates, all my coaches, everybody in this building loves it.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
In the back half of the show, the guys discuss the mood of the Orioles’ clubhouse following their trade deadline fire sale and take a look at the three players Baltimore acquired at the deadline amid its flurry of moves.

— Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

That’s important for Cyprus because under an existing agreement, Cypriot energy consumers would have to put up as much as 63% of the cable’s construction cost, meaning a significant jump in electricity prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Epicka has also included a desktop stand and a US-style extension cable in the box.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of cable

Noun

His collaboration with big companies to make sure that everything from groceries to rent stay sky high.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
In the guest book, in 2024, a guest creatively wrote a six-entry (three days and three nights) account of their stay there, a descent into madness at the hands of the structure’s steady creaking and the sounds of twigs snapping in the woods below.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 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.

— Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2024

Definition of halyard

Noun

Java Films, which took worldwide distribution rights in January, has also revealed a mid-October release for the film, which has played a string of festivals including Austin, Palm Springs and Cleveland.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Claypool swapped his four-string bass for a six-string, a bigger, heftier slab of wood that could support even lower notes.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026

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