tine
Example Sentences
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The BBC approached the White House for comment on Lula's criticism of Trump but had not yet received a response at the tine of publishing.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025
Pull out the black vein using the tine of a fork or the point of a bamboo skewer.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023
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
I put the knife through the second tine, as we had been strictly taught, and began to saw against the bone.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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