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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tacking (up)
Verb
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In Gulf states, hundreds of people have been arrested or detained for posting videos of strikes and military facilities to social media.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Daly shared the happy news to his own profile, posting a photo of Hosk standing topless with their 5-year-old daughter Tuulikki.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rolex’s sailing watch is a count-down chronograph with a programmable timing function for the difficult task of nailing the start of a sailing race.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2026
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Capable of nailing the extraordinary, but messing up the mundane.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Tacking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacking%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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