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as in to bind
to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord
tied the newspapers into a bundle
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as in to match
to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)
at the class reunion we learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in medicine—how could the rest of us tie that?
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as in draw
a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other
the competition for first place in the dessert division ended in a tie between the chocolate pecan pie and the walnut fudge tart
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as in link
a uniting or binding force or influence
their marriage will serve to form a very strong tie between our families
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Recent Examples of tie
ABC News,
20 June 2026
Her longtime bestie Abigail Anderson, whom Swift shouted out in her 2008 album Fearless, tied the knot for the first time in September 2017.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The Javae have long maintained close ties with non-Indigenous ranchers.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
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San Francisco tied it on Drew Gilbert’s RBI single in the second.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
Her longtime bestie Abigail Anderson, whom Swift shouted out in her 2008 album Fearless, tied the knot for the first time in September 2017.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
Noun
And now that Baldwin is back, that trade acquisition has cut ties with the team after a very short stint.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The Javae have long maintained close ties with non-Indigenous ranchers.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
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That had Ament walking on stage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn in a Heat hat despite being bound for the Bucks, with Miami selecting him for Milwaukee and the move to the Bucks still pending until July 6.
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The measure, which was largely symbolic and not actually binding, passed the House of Representatives weeks ago.
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In the British social calendar, no event quite matches the prestige, pageantry and formal dress protocols of Royal Ascot.
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Investigators also matched Mangione’s fingerprints to those found on a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper near the scene of the killing, officials said.
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After Iran played to a draw Sunday at SoFi Stadium, its second of the World Cup in as many matches, the team’s coach began his postmatch assessment by backing up six months.
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The teen, who attended Monday’s 2-2 draw with New Zealand and has a ticket for Sunday’s match against Belgium, is one of several fans from Los Angeles who made the drive to stay with the team.
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Platinum is notoriously difficult to work with, making the necklace’s fluid movement across interweaving links particularly challenging; each element must be set before final assembly.
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To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
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An adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name and a sequel to The Shining, director Mike Flanagan threaded an impressive needle with 2019's Doctor Sleep.
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Suarez also discussed the experience of joining one of baseball’s most storied organizations after departing Philadelphia, then watching as both teams failed to meet expectations to start the year.
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Trump made the threat on Sunday, even as Vice President JD Vance met Iranian officials in Switzerland for the first talks under the interim accord.
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Prescott-Hansen posted a $50,000 bond and was released without conditions.
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And when a bond is dumped, its yield — or the interest the government must pay new investors in those same bonds — rises.
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“Tie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tie. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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