yoked

past tense of yoke

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Recent Examples of yoked On the giant screens suspended over the stadium, guests could scan a QR code, which would lead to a website that would transform the subject of a selfie, using AI, into an Enhanced athlete, as yoked-out as the ones in front of them. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026 The director, Pierre Salvadori, is described on the Cannes website as being an ardent devotee of the tradition of Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder and Blake Edwards (though maybe only in France would that third name be yoked to the other two). Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026 Further, one of Vox’s advantages in the space over its audio-only competitors is that some of the shows are yoked, at least tangentially, to Vox’s publishing business, which provides additional marketing, promotion, and a funnel for some talent. Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 Mar. 2026 The male stands at an impressive six feet ten inches long, yoked to the max with rippling muscles. Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026 The Communist Party, formed in 1919, yoked its reputation to the Soviet Union run by Vladimir Lenin and then Joseph Stalin, one of the most repressive regimes in modern history. Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025 But if the joke and the ignorance are equally yoked, people will laugh. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025 Outdoor gear may appear rugged and practical, but the industry that produces and markets it is yoked to traditional fashion cycles. Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yoked
Verb
  • Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Maxar, meanwhile, identified an irregularity connected to Beloozerov’s employment, notified authorities and terminated him, a company spokesperson told CNN.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Keep the model layer, retrieval layer, semantic layer and integration layer loosely coupled wherever possible.
    Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • First, a dual-layer receiver comprising a perovskite laser cell coupled to a thermoelectric generator was designed.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • That means coach Luis Enrique may not have his strongest XI fully sharp or fully integrated.
    Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, for instance, Apple integrated iPhone 17 Pro devices as cameras during MLB broadcasts.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Bryan DiGirolamo, special agent in charge of ATF New York, told CNN the more guns are traced, the more crimes between the US and Canada can be linked, ultimately exposing trafficking rings.
    Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The new couple—who were first linked after reportedly meeting at Tribeca Film Festival—have been spotted sporadically over the last few months.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Most recently, in May 2026, Cal/OSHA issued the company six citations, following an incident during a fire in January 2026 when two workers were reportedly found locked inside a cold storage room that had been chained from the outside.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The threads are strung the wrong way to hold the boundary together, so the curls grow with nothing to limit them.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Many Americans don’t want power plants built or electric lines strung near their homes.
    Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Yoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yoked. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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