tethered
Example Sentences
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Though the platforms will float, they still must be tethered to the seafloor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Scanners tethered to a smartphone help them find the packages on long rows of shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Standing beside a row of tethered punts on the River Stour, boatman James Matharu says while he has heard about other businesses getting cancellations, things are "still pretty busy here".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
It’s tethered to ChatGPT creator OpenAI, it’s spending billions on data centers it hopes to develop its cloud infrastructure business, and it’s getting hammered in the market by concerns over its debt, growth, and strategy.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
The imagination, as Lazlo had previously noted, is tethered in some measure to the known, and they were both sadly ignorant in matters of cake.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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