tie in

verb

Definition of tie innext
as in to connect

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Recent Examples of tie in There’s also an effort to be more a part of the fashion conversation, tie in with celebrities and modernize the brand image beyond its more traditional, New England roots. — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Sac State and Fresno State played to a 0-0 tie in the first quarter before the host Bulldogs scored 32 in the second quarter in finishing the game with 542 yards of total offense. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The win over Hapoel was particularly dramatic, with Sabah’s Tellur Mutallimov rescuing the tie in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the end of the second leg as Sabah went on to win in extra time. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Okamoto went 4 for 5 with a double and broke a 3-all tie in the seventh with an RBI single. — Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tie in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tie in
  1. connect
  2. couple
  3. link
  4. associate
  5. affect
  6. involve
  7. interrelate
  8. touch
Verb
  • Madsen connected with Jones for a 6-yard pass on the very first play of the game and didn’t slow down.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Part of that strategy is to connect with younger consumers, hence a recent partnership with 21-year-old livestreamer iShowSpeed along with innovating with menu items, branding, and store layout.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of connect
Verb
  • This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Via Plinio, 32 Luca Marcellin’s 26-seat cocktail bar couples the conviviality of a neighborhood place with the intrigue of a speakeasy.
    — Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of couple
Verb
  • Trump linked to an article portraying the Quebec victory as a setback for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • For starters, all consumers using an agent in the federal marketplace will need to get a one-time confirmation code or link to authorize a specific agent to enroll them or make changes on their behalf.
    — Julie Appleby, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of link
Verb
  • El Niño years are also associated with coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard and the West Coast.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The participants received magnetic implants in up to four muscles associated with ankle movement.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of associate
Verb
  • Smiling can affect brain chemicals that are associated with positive feelings including endorphins, dopamine and serotonin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that spur changes in the atmosphere that can affect weather around the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of affect
Verb
  • Audi’s material-supply operations involve around one million picks daily, with components required to reach assembly workstations in the correct order.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Spain's rail system operator Adif said the crash occurred Wednesday morning in the central province of Toledo, involving two high-speed trains carrying hundreds of passengers and heading south in the same direction from Madrid to Seville.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of involve
Verb
  • This means that perhaps the individual violent events that the researchers were taking note of in their analysis may have been interrelated.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • Everything in the universe being interrelated, these bodies exert an influence, particularly on the newborn.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of interrelate
Verb
  • Someone else touched his face and a clean tong without washing hands between those two actions.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Woodman said in prior reporting that Tori Borst of the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce intervened during the interaction, telling Andreatta to stop touching Pagano and step back.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of touch

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