tethered

Example Sentences

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Although the actor felt tethered to the character while on set, she could easily dissociate at the end of the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The fates of farmers, investment managers, banks and governments are indirectly tethered to the quality of the assets held as margin by brokerage and clearing firms.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

That Lincoln maintained his pose while tethered to the jerry-rigged device is remarkable in itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

If American prices are tethered to what the U.K. or Switzerland pays, drugmakers would need to raise prices abroad and lower them in the U.S. to balance things out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

By the time I’d tethered Plug, Perilee had both of Chase’s buckets full.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson