as in to tie
to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord
I tethered the boat to the dock before coming ashore.
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Recent Examples of tether
The initial design that his team tested in their lab was tethered, and the air was pumped to the limbs through a thin hose.
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ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025
That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor.
—Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
And with up to 30 hours of battery life, you won’t be tethered to a charger.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Woodcroft had been tethered closely to former Kings coach Todd McLellan, having worked with him in Detroit, San Jose and Edmonton, eventually becoming head coach of the Oilers.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025
That means offshore wind farms in California will float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor.
—Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
And with up to 30 hours of battery life, you won’t be tethered to a charger.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Woodcroft had been tethered closely to former Kings coach Todd McLellan, having worked with him in Detroit, San Jose and Edmonton, eventually becoming head coach of the Oilers.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tether
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In the first game, the Dodgers and Astros were tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the 10th.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The couple went on to tie the knot on Nov. 16, 2002, at the Ancient Spanish Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux in Miami, per The Knot.—
Alexandra Hurtado,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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The drones, strapped with explosives, were hidden inside the roofs of wooden sheds, which were dropped off by trucks at the outer edge of Russian military bases, a Ukrainian security official told Reuters.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Wearing a smartwatch shouldn’t feel like strapping a mini tablet to your wrist.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2025
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Luke ropes his sister, Charlotte (Natalie Portman), and her son, Thomas (Benjamin Chivers), into their scheme.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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Even Gantu, the film’s scariest presence, is mostly there for comic relief — he has been roped into this plot against his will and only sticks with it because of a bruised ego.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Hoji added that people should get proper legal advice before signing contracts that bind them to some form of confidentiality.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
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The private key remains bound to the user device, where it can’t be extracted.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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“Tether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tether. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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