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as in tied
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons
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as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity
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Adjective
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In 2004, a team of researchers found that the best any algorithm could do for the library sorting problem—in other words, the ultimate lower bound—was log n.—
Steve Nadis,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2025 -
Few people understood—or even witnessed—his great work, bursting at the seams of two bound volumes.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Williams tied a career high with four made 3-pointers, and Keon Johnson tied a career high with eight assists.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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But the Vikings are just as formidable — top 10 in points for and against and tied for the most takeaways in football.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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At least some version of her is, held captive on Lumon’s Testing Floor and shuttled from room to room, activating her severance chip and splitting her into several different identities.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fans are freaking out about a revelation in the recent TVA comic that shows Wanda being discovered as being held captive by the TVA, ending the issue on a cliffhanger.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Late in the game, #63 of the Baltimore Colts threw a great block that impeded two of the Giants defenders to spring Alan Ameche (#35) for a long gain.—
Drew Carberry,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Dec. 2024
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In addition to extreme weather conditions, the cast and crew had to contend with various Hollywood strike shutdowns that impeded filming.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These escaped enslaved people created their own culture in defiance of the Code Noir, French colonial laws that tried to stamp out African spirituality in favor of Roman Catholicism.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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In 1856, enslaved people built the white clapboard structure when what is now Leawood and south Kansas City were large swaths of prairie.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Last year, Marina traded the glitz and glam of her pop persona for the more subdued reflections of a poet.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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The analyst contended that while Amazon issued a subdued outlook and announced a huge increase in capital expenditure, its margins surpassed expectations and the cloud business AWS (Amazon Web Services) fared better than its peers.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But there are still 5,000 seats that have obstructed views.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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Such large-scale research has been difficult, particularly during the most deadly waves of the pandemic when clinic restrictions and medical emergencies obstructed consistent testing.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Fettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fettered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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