as in tied
to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord
I tethered the boat to the dock before coming ashore.
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Recent Examples of tethered
Solar prominences are enormous loops of hot plasma that erupt from the sun's surface, tethered by magnetic fields.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Yet behind the fanfare lies a precarious gamble on institutions still tethered to taxpayer support and whose profitability is largely cushioned by an implicit government guarantee.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Yet behind the fanfare lies a precarious gamble on institutions still tethered to taxpayer support and whose profitability is largely cushioned by an implicit government guarantee.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tethered
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Records that Milwaukee Tool employees provided to investigators showed the number of fraudulent orders rose between January and March 2025, which employees suggested may have been tied to the company’s decision to discontinue its employee discount system in April 2025.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Gerwig and Baumbach, who have been together since 2011, tied the knot in 2023 and share two sons.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The duo begin a frantic game of hide-and-seek, with the rabbit running from one side of the tree to the other as the fawn bounds after it.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Her most recent project bounds up multiple tallies and even reappears on one.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Tethered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tethered. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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