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tack

[tak] / tæk /


NOUN
short pin for attaching
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The Cardinals continued to tack on against the Dodgers’ bullpen, powered by three more home runs, off right-hander Seth Halvorsen, lefty Alex Vesia and lefty Justin Wrobleski, fresh off the injured list.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Sarkis Khoury, head of antiquities at Lebanon's culture ministry, told AFP the war had forced archaeologists to switch tack.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Plus, the House of Mouse was already changing up its rhetorical tack to mount a fulsome self-defense on free speech and free press grounds.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

After decades of urging families to communicate better and work on their issues together, some therapists are now taking an opposite tack: They’re encouraging estrangement as a means of self-care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

She would spread out her books and papers on the bookshelf to her right, and she would tack her plastic pencil case on the bulletin board to her left.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

The ending even tacks on a let’s-save-our-hangout rally that could be Velcroed onto any ’80s comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying, ‘What do we want to own over the next few months?’”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

The Georgetown law graduate sharply changed tacks in dealing with his critics, from President Donald Trump on down.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

The piano was given a distinctive 'honky-tonk' sound by the attachment of tacks to its hammers.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

“Well, and you and Celia, of course,” he tacks on.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

At an election rally in the town of Querfurt, 70-year-old Gerd has tacked a small, frayed German flag to the handles of his mobility scooter.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Rattle needed to rebuild much of its underlying software so that AI agents were at the center of the architecture, not tacked on the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Woolery tacked on an extra run on an RBI double in the seventh and Garcia sealed it with another three-run homer to nearly the same spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

To win loan deals in recent years, Ares allowed many borrowers to defer paying cash interest with payments-in-kind, or PIK, that get tacked on to the outstanding loan.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

She was debating whether to pretend to have left something in the restaurant again or be direct and say they were on a scavenger hunt, when a breeze rustled the flyer tacked to the tree.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The chip maker’s $150 billion boost to its buyback authorization lighted a fire under its stock, tacking on $150 billion in market value Monday morning on a lousy day for tech stocks overall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For example, a coalition of advocacy groups is seeking to prevent Spectrum from tacking on equipment charges for customers on low-income plans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

On new loan originations, lenders are tacking a bigger margin on to the base interest rates, especially for larger companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

While the stock had gained 69% over the course of his bullish call, the downgrade proved premature, with the stock tacking on another 28% in gains since then.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

I’m still holding the upholstery he was tacking down.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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