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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  • Boston ranks last in the AL in home runs (tied with the Cleveland Guardians), and the hitters don’t strike out or walk much, either.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Many cases are part of the outbreak in the Midwest, which could be the largest cyclospora outbreak on record if all tied to the same source, while others are part of separate investigations.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of tied
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  • The waist, for example, was cinched particularly tightly and emphasized in the 1940s and ’50s.
    — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026
  • Victoria and David Beckham brought power-couple style to the final, with Victoria in a monochromatic white look cinched by a brown belt and David dressed in a sharp suit.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 20 July 2026
Definition of cinched
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  • The pilot started in a smaller downtown area the following year before it was expanded it earlier this year to span an area bounded by Irving Park Road to the north, 26th Street to the south and Ashland Avenue to the west.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Down 2-0 entering the ninth inning against the New York Mets, the Red Sox bounded back to tie the score and win 3-2 in extra innings, their impressive midseason run stretching their current win streak to nine games to close out the first half.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 13 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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  • Loosely Wrapped Over a Pair of Fluid Trousers Pleated pants, a striped button-up shirt, and summer-ready accessories elevate to a whole new level with Chan Luu’s cashmere and silk scarf threaded through the belt loops.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • Carlisle and Childers also found a kinship in their studies of Eastern Religion, an exploration that is deeply threaded through the journey of Snipe Hunter.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Definition of threaded
Verb
  • 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
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