tethered
Example Sentences
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An arbitrator ends the “reserve clause” that had tethered players to one employer for life, triggering the largest salary gains of any group of employees, anywhere—and changing labor practices in all U.S. sports.
Taking steroids, he added, had been a "stupid decision of my own", adding that he was "tired of being tethered to this solution".
From BBC
If Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, remains firmly tethered to the Trumpist right and the cosplay intellectuals of the “national conservative” movement, he also looks to be sui generis in several ways.
From Salon
Our slow collective drift from one another isn’t just about screens, after all, but the endless micro-obligations that keep us tethered to them.
Alternatively, a homeowner with a portable mortgage could be less tethered to a house that no longer suits their needs.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
