strapped

verb

past tense of strap
as in tied

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strapped
  1. tied
  2. cinched
  3. bound
  4. trussed
  5. threaded
  6. tethered
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  • If Bitcoin remains mostly dormant monetary property, miners remain tied to block rewards, transaction fees, treasury strategy, power markets, and adjacent infrastructure plays.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Rule 9 - Showdown tiebreaker If the game is still tied at the end of the two-hour time limit, Banana Ball has its own version of extra innings.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026
Definition of tied
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  • Embracing a minimalist aesthetic, Brinkley arrived in a $2,000 cotton-and-silk shirt dress cinched at the waist with a tonal belt that hung down past her knees.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 July 2026
  • The waist, for example, was cinched particularly tightly and emphasized in the 1940s and ’50s.
    — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026
Definition of cinched
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  • The private sector’s growing role in security functions can deliver real value when properly bounded.
    — David Niccolini, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • In simple terms, the company is developing something that receives a photon and then uses an optical switch to direct it into a path bounded by highly reflective mirrors.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
Definition of bound
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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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  • What unites them is the method, in which small pieces of marinated protein are threaded onto skewers and grilled over hot charcoal, where the smoke and intense heat create deeply flavorful, succulent, crispy bites.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Hernández went 0-for-2 with a sacrifice fly, demonstrated zone awareness while drawing two walks, and made the play of the night, ranging far into foul ground after gloving a ground ball that threaded the chalk line.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of threaded
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  • Samsung's glasses are equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 chip and must be tethered to a smartphone.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • Once Emily commits to stepping away from what tethered her to her past, a new freedom, and maybe new fears, emerge.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of tethered
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