as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom
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as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory
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Recent Examples of yoke
Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
And the expectation that Iranians, Lebanese, Palestinians, and Yemenis are going to rise up immediately and throw off the yoke of their brutal oppressors seems more like wishful thinking than informed analysis.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
If she is yoked to a player who is both super annoying but also good at finding idols, eventually people are going to start taking shots at her just to weaken him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But coming from an unpopular president, praise can be a yoke.
—Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
And the expectation that Iranians, Lebanese, Palestinians, and Yemenis are going to rise up immediately and throw off the yoke of their brutal oppressors seems more like wishful thinking than informed analysis.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
Schiff criticized Garvey for voting for Trump three times, including in this year’s primaries, and sought to yoke him to Trump’s most unpopular policy proposals, including mass deportations of people living in the country illegally.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
If she is yoked to a player who is both super annoying but also good at finding idols, eventually people are going to start taking shots at her just to weaken him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yoke
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In Wide Sargasso Sea, Bertha is imagined as a girl originally named Antoinette, raised in Jamaica on a fallow sugar plantation after the abolition of British slavery.Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Between 1850 and 1860, it’s estimated that Harriet sheltered hundreds of people fleeing slavery.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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The museum also will have a new visual identity with a modern fractal tree logo as a symbol of growth, exploration and being connected with a science education foundation.Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
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The joy con covers appear to be able to connect to the controllers magnetically when removed from the Switch 2′s main tablet when propping the console up on its stand or docking it to play via a home TV.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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Most people in the free states opposed human bondage, in a general way, but the thin reed of public opinion was no match for the institutional strength of slavery in the South.Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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The divine right of kings, feudalism, human bondage.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Bucks need to string some wins against good teams, and the Knicks are a big target now.Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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There are red vinyl barstools, and there are Christmas lights strung from the ceiling.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Living frugally Bukky coupled saving money with living frugally, including only shopping for clothing during sales.Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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This time they are photographed coupled up while on a walk in London.Whitney Perry, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
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And taken alongside the failure of Prop. 6, which would have ended involuntary servitude in prisons, Prop. 36 was taken as a signal that Californians attitudes toward crime are changing.Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
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This is part of a national move to ban involuntary servitude in states whose constitutions still indicate the practice is legal.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Spain and Denmark serve as compelling examples, integrating e-invoicing within their comprehensive tax transformation initiatives.Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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This experiential training program encourages leaders to integrate The Seven Intentions—connect with goodness, know thyself and be thyself, envision your destiny, seek counsel, venture out, assess, and pass it on—into their professional lives.Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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However, there are concerns about biodiversity loss linked to forestry.Maddy Savage, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Wurm | Reuters Solana’s SOL token rocketed after a meme coin linked to President-elect Donald Trump launched on the popular blockchain network.Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Yoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yoke. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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