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tack

[tak] / tæk /


NOUN
short pin for attaching
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Kim changed tack, deciding instead to wait for the shark to let herself out.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

What’s less clear is whether its president, Christine Lagarde, will signal even more restrictive policy in the months to come or whether she will tack a more cautious, non-committal course.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now tack on the NBA’s $30-million fine and five first-round draft picks to the bill as punishment, announced Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

At one end of the Mews there was a little fireplace and a kind of snuggery, like the place in a saddle-room where the grooms sit to clean their tack on wet nights after foxhunting.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He added that the decision to wait for it to conclude "tacks on five or six years or more", describing it as "an unwarranted delay".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

After warm handshakes and a warning about Taiwan from Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Chinese president and Trump were due to get down to brass tacks on Friday with discussions on trade, geopolitics and AI.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

For a company founded by ex-OpenAI executives disaffected with Sam Altman’s business practices, it seemingly has little compunction about the aggressive tacks it’s already taken to shore up its $380 billion bottom line.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026

“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying ‘what do we want to own over the next few months,’” MAI’s Grisanti said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

“Ah didn’t aim tuh let on tuh yuh ’bout it, leastways not right away, but Ah ruther be shot wid tacks than fuh you tuh act wid me lak you is right now.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Satellite receivers tacked onto drones and boats helped Ukraine attack Russian positions from hundreds of miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They tacked on another in the ninth with a pair of singles and a stolen base off Wrobleski.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Meanwhile, Carvana eschews traditional dealer tactics like commissioned salespeople, price haggling and profitable documentation fees tacked onto the transaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

All over the apartment hung photographs, unframed and tacked up with poster gum, but striking nonetheless.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Michael Cochran is calculating and tacking on additional per-box fuel costs to the Florida lemons he sells to local retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

The shipping companies are also tacking on war and fuel surcharges to some of their routes and scrambling to offer pricier on-land options to their customers.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was flat premarket, after tacking higher in after-hours trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

It meant Southgate was comfortable tacking thorny issues that arose during his tenure, such as racism.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

So tacking now north now south they worked eastward.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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