yoked

Example Sentences

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If Piker could become yoked, then anything was possible.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

For too long, cottage cheese was unfairly yoked to the diet industrial complex or discarded as an old-school, if virtuous, deli or diner side.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023

The metaverse project wouldn’t suffer from being yoked to a controversial advertising business, and it would be fully funded for a decade.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Rather than trying to bury Mr. Bush’s casual vocal mannerisms under flowery phrases, Mr. Gerson yoked them with concise, plain language, peppered with alliteration and religious references.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

The ultimate explanation of Lawrence’s error came, perhaps inevitably, from Rutherford, who demonstrated once again the potency of his theoretical instincts when they were yoked to the experimental precision of the Cavendish.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik