tethers

verb

present tense third-person singular of tether
as in ties
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 tethers More adventurous than the Solterra, the Uncharted wears a thin line across the nose that tethers its LED running lights to its logo. — Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026 Secrets that could take down a company, an industry; that's a bond that tethers you for life. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025 The nature of my work tethers me to London. — Rohan Banerjee, Time, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tethers
  1. ties
  2. binds
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  • And a pair of overalls really ties together any outfit within seconds — whether layered over a tank top or tee for summer or a sweater for fall.
    — Olivia Dubyak, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • The best player of the previous decade, the link that ties Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols to Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, has not taken an All-Star at-bat this decade.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of ties
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  • My phone was erased, and the attacker had switched on Activation Lock, the anti-theft feature that binds a device to its owner's Apple ID.
    — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
  • What binds them is a Supreme Court case from 1857, when a man named Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 7 July 2026
Definition of binds

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“Tethers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tethers. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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