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noun

Definition of tacknext
as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something this clearly isn't working, so let's take a different tack in trying to solve the problem

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verb

1
as in to zigzag

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as in to tie

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Recent Examples of tack
Noun
Now, brands are shifting tack to maximize the post-show moment. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Paris — After a heavy-handed response to the student protests sweeping France, the government has changed tack. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
Roberta Zerbi, the former CEO of Lancia, will tack on another role in customer experience. — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Turner Hill’s first base hit of his MLB career drove in Osleivis Basabe to tack on another run in the third inning. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tack
  1. approach
  2. zigzag
  3. tie
  4. method
  5. deviate
  6. adhere
  7. way
  8. turn
Noun
  • Proposals include limiting justices’ active service through legislation—an approach whose constitutionality is disputed—or through a constitutional amendment.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Back at the hotel, Vision boots up his head-laser when Paladin’s drone approaches.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of approach
Verb
  • Starting and ending downtown, the course took runners in a zigzagging pattern as far south as 35th Street in Bronzeville, as far west as Damen Avenue on the Near West Side, and as far north as West Sheridan Road in East Lakeview.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Released three years after the similarly freewheeling Nekkuja, the album bubbles over with interdimensional ambition and zigzagging ideas, anchored by her ability to command bewildering expanses of melody and form.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of zigzag
Verb
  • Sills said that a boater found Williams' empty boat tied to a railroad trestle close to Haslam's Marina on Wednesday morning.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers hit 154 home runs this season, tied for the second-fewest in the majors.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of tie
Noun
  • Buyers are already putting money behind methods that remain difficult for outsiders to assess.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, the team utilized a different error-correction method called Helix to demonstrate record-setting logical memory and computation.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of method
Verb
  • But in Central Asia, far from the empire’s center, local artists sometimes used the mosaics to deviate from the official agenda.
    — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman.
    — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of deviate
Verb
  • As such, the press is not allowed to publish details that might lead to any of the accusers being identified, and coverage of the trial will adhere strictly to what happens in court.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Top with reserved hazelnuts and press in gently to adhere (surface will be smothered with nuts).
    — Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of adhere
Noun
  • Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Learning from human demonstrations offers another way to develop skills by using examples of how a task should be performed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of way
Verb
  • David Standridge’s philosophy is all about harvesting what’s plentiful and turning it into something delicious.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Future success will require Space42 to turn its technological capabilities, capital commitments and international partnerships into commercially viable services that can compete across markets at scale and at a sustainable cost.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
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