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tack

[tak] / tæk /


NOUN
short pin for attaching
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I now use EganaGoldpfeil and Tack Fat as case studies in the college course I teach on ethics in finance.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Day gives out Blu Tack to some students to fidget with to keep them focused in class.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Appeared in the October 29, 2025, print edition as 'Trump Pursues New Tack With Beijing'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Tack on fees for registration and fraud prevention, attorney costs and extras such as premium processing, and the H-1B petition expense could easily come to several thousand dollars per prospective employee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Owned by Gladys Phipps and her brother Ogden Mills, operators of the East’s legendary Wheatley Stable, Hard Tack was a copper-colored paragon of symmetry, grace, and blinding speed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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