tine
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Another tine on the French fork is the urban agriculture project to educate Parisian schoolchildren and their families about food — where it comes from and what it takes to bring it to their plates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
Russell made 11 of 12 field goals and 4 of 5 3-pointers to help the Timberwolves beat the Thunder for second tine in three nights.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
I put the knife through the second tine, as we had been strictly taught, and began to saw against the bone.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
In Tayari Jones’s novel, two childhood friends in 1950s Louisiana take “different tines at the fork in the road.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Use the tines of a fork to flatten and indent crisscross patterns over the tops of each cookie.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
The stag's antlers, now fully hardened and velvet‑free, regrow each spring, becoming more impressive with each year as new points called tines develop.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Pulvar’s projects are like the tines of a fork, several in number but working toward the same aims of nutrition and environmental responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
With the tines of her fork, Molly mashes the hamburger into her plate, hoping to grind it into oblivion.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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