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Recent Examples of tine
Use a bow rake, with forged metal tines, to grade and smooth the terrain.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
If the rake tines or hoe or shovel blade are up and then stepped upon, there is a potential danger of injury.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The buck has wide bases and massive beams, with distinctive curls to the end of many of its tines.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2025
Examples include kickers, stickers, drop tines, and other unique antler points.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
If the rake tines or hoe or shovel blade are up and then stepped upon, there is a potential danger of injury.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The buck has wide bases and massive beams, with distinctive curls to the end of many of its tines.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2025
Examples include kickers, stickers, drop tines, and other unique antler points.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tine
prong
Noun
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In late August, Schuyler belatedly learned that Washington was preparing a second prong of attack, which would depart from Massachusetts and make its way north through the wilds of Maine and Quebec under Arnold’s command.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Donors, tax dollars plug holes Public media outlets are only one prong of an increasingly noncommercial local news system.—
Matthew Powers,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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