GARNISHEES Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

garnishees

verb

present tense third-person singular of garnishee

as in attaches

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When an agent needs a machine, Daytona attaches processing power and memory and resumes the snapshot.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Faster protein structure predictions Designing a protein that attaches to a specific biological target requires researchers to predict how the molecules fold and interact.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of attaches

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Arriving from Barcelona, the local landlord, however, confiscates Fagas’ America rifle, given to him by his father.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Large swaths of the film are composed of close-ups of people’s faces or hands, giving seemingly mundane exchanges and gestures — say, a moment when Evans, unimpressed with Holmes’s egg-whisking technique, confiscates the bowl — greater weight.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of confiscates

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California courts have repeatedly refused to rewrite unconstitutional tax statutes on the grounds that this usurps the role of the Legislature or, in the case of an initiative, the people.

— Jared Walczak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
After witnessing Sinner miss 16 break points against the same opponent on Friday, Alcaraz would have been forgiven for worrying that something similar might happen to him — especially against arguably tennis’s greatest escape artist, at least until the Spaniard usurps him.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of usurps

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Some have ruled that federal law preempts or blocks states and counties from suing under state law.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
The court could also choose to make clear that state-law damages claims could go forward, or that federal law preempts the claims altogether.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of preempts

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The pair’s winding route from River’s late grandfather’s country house to Diana’s beach retreat, which Slough House head Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) cheekily appropriates as a safe house, is a winding one.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Tiki bars aren’t without criticism, having occasionally been attacked as escapist fantasy that appropriates Hawaiian or Polynesian iconography.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriates

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