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lanyard

noun

Definition of lanyard

as in cord

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Recent Examples of lanyard For example, cheap hooks will hold a lanyard but not a backpack. — Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026 Some of them are literally on the sidewalk 50 feet from the entrance, invisible to everyone walking in with a lanyard. — David Lee Condrey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026 Use the engine cut‑off switch – if your boat has one, the operator needs to wear the lanyard or keep the fob on their person. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 29 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for lanyard

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Noun

Crew members with a seemingly unending supply of keys transported various cords and cables.

— Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Cat-proof cords and give chew toys instead Some cats love to chomp on power cords.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cord

Noun

Here are 11 interesting names that could hit the waiver wire.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
That’s what life is like for NFL players who were plucked off the waiver wire last week, or those who have signed with a new team last week after not making their old team’s initial 53-man roster.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of wire

Noun

And weighty ropes—the sort that might be used to moor a boat—are braided with chains and arranged on the ground in the form of a curving river.

— Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The force of those that did land had more of an impact on him than his opponent – sending him staggering backwards into the ropes.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of rope

Noun

At the time, Tiafoe was the most talented 10-year-old there, the son of the head maintenance guy, Constant Tiafoe, who had fled civil war in Sierra Leone with his wife.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Heavy curtain up; the moaning of sentimental strings; lights rising on some wedges and rectangles of scenery, guys and girls, the guys practically naked save for bits and pieces of neo-Greek get-up.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

Wire cables, arranged in clusters across a gallery floor, conjure tufts of grass.

— Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cable

Noun

If the judge certifies the extradition on any or all of the charges, the Tate brothers' legal team can challenge it by asking for judicial review and seeking a stay of extradition.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Under the agency model, the traveler pays the hotel directly and Booking collects a commission after the stay.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 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

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