tacked

past tense of tack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacked
Verb
  • The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In this 2024 summer blockbuster, Miami's favorite bantering detectives go on a high-stakes mission to clear their late captain's name after he's wrongfully tied to a drug conspiracy.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One person was killed Monday when a sports car veered off a rural roadway near Pala Casino and crashed into a tree.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If a husband veered into the kind of toxicity that is on display in some of those quarters, he would be disciplined by our church.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Princess of Wales has rarely deviated from her signature brunette tresses, often styled in a bouncy blowout, since marrying into the royal family in 2011.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Which is why Mahomes played all of 48 seconds in the first two irrelevant games as Reid deviated from his customary inclination to play him most in the second-to-last rehearsal.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For a locker room that’s been through a lot because the front office swung and missed on the worst quarterback trade in NFL history.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But on just the third play of the fourth quarter, veteran tight end Zach Ertz turned a short pass in the flat into a 20-yard TD.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Arkansas defensive end Phillip Lee turned a question about the challenges Ole Miss presents into a reflection on what the Razorbacks are doing.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But, for healthy children 6 months to 17 years, the CDC diverged from Kennedy slightly.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • One of the times when the reality diverged from dot plot interest rates.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of the two animals ended up with part of Hohl's head inside its mouth, with its jaws clamped around his cheek and skull, while the other clamped onto his left ankle.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Miami once again clamped up the Lions’ offense, leading to a 21-yard Jason Sanders field goal on the subsequent drive that pushed the Dolphins’ lead to 24-17.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For a moment, the silence hung heavy in the room.
    Nathan Furr, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The owner, @kobethesausage, shared a video of Kobe the sausage dog—with his head sticking out, tongue on show, while sitting in a bag hung over a door handle.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Tacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacked. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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