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Recent Examples of tine
Tuck the overhang under, then seal the top crust to the bottom crust by pressing gently all along the edges with the tines of a fork.
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Ellen Gray, Saveur, 15 May 2025
As a result, the tine on the opposite side that roughly correlates is thus an unmatched non-symmetry point and is therefore an abnormal point.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Plug aerators remove uniform pieces of soil with hollow tines.
—Kate Puhala, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
The antlers were huge, and the tines were almost white.
—Jeffrey A. Brunk, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2025
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Ellen Gray, Saveur, 15 May 2025
As a result, the tine on the opposite side that roughly correlates is thus an unmatched non-symmetry point and is therefore an abnormal point.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Plug aerators remove uniform pieces of soil with hollow tines.
—Kate Puhala, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
The antlers were huge, and the tines were almost white.
—Jeffrey A. Brunk, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tine
prong
Noun
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Rozario pulled the taser prongs from his body, picked up the scissors again, and moved toward the officers.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
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Caputo spent four days in the hospital following her arrest and had to take antibiotics for a skin infection where the Taser prongs had hit her, according to the warrant.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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