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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

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

Public policy is another tine on the fork.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 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

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

Vernice eventually realizes that she and her friend have taken “different tines at the fork in the road.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

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

“This sounds trite at this point, but in true Italian-American style, some of my earliest memories are helping my nonna roll gnocchi down the tines of a fork,” she said.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2024

At the end of the tuning fork's tines are the least evolved, smallest galaxies.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2023

Mother says Shawn was not standing on a pallet, only on forklift tines.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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