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tine

[tahyn] / taɪn /
NOUN
point of fork
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The first leg in Portugal saw Porto win 1-0, but Leandro Trossard's goal in the 41st minute at Emirates Stadium levelled the tie, sending it to extra tine and then penalties.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

Pull out the black vein using the tine of a fork or the point of a bamboo skewer.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023

Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.

From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023

And Kareem and programs like Kareem’s is one tine on the fork.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Each tine struck a different Sixer avatar in the chest while somehow arcing harmlessly around everyone else.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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