FASTENINGS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

fastenings

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plural of fastening

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Noun

The sliders and yokes offer a wide range of fit adjustments, easily stretching to accommodate an adult head.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Forest Service officials, their patience having long evaporated, arrived in force, handcuffing and hauling the occupiers out by the yokes of their flannels, then bulldozing the camp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of yokes

Noun

Issues documented included chemical burns and hydraulic fluid that leaked from a ride into someone’s eye, dislocated joints, concussions and broken bones.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Poems are distillations into presence wherein now exists in blood flowing through veins, in muscles contracting and releasing, in joints flexing and extending, in this inhale, in this foot strike against the pavement, in this sigh.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of joints

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Research shows that parentified children are more prone to forming unhealthy attachments.

— Parents, Parents, 17 Oct. 2026
The sleek, low-profile hubs, retrofitted to the top of the pole, can host several attachments, including sensors that alert if the streetlamp falls or, in some cases, the Flock Safety Falcon cameras that have stirred controversy over surveillance.

— Sophia Lebowitz, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of attachments

Noun

Even after Hammami was tied up (passengers used headphone cords and plastic zip ties), the passengers and crew were in danger.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
In the decades since, the piece has evolved to be made with leather cords instead—an alternative to the traditional stuffy tie—and worn by cowboys while riding.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of cords

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Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the Organization of American States, also has said that candidates with criminal ties should be barred from running.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
The daughter of Khaled Al Saif and Azza Al Sudairi, her mother is a scion of the Al Sudairi dynasty, which has ties to the Saudi Arabian royal family.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of ties

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More imminently, analysts say, SpaceX is likely to take a page from the cable playbook — offering internet and wireless access through satellite hookups and WiFi first, then expanding from that beachhead.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
In February, San Jose officials disclosed PG&E was on track to provide power hookups for a dozen unnamed major projects in the city by 2030.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2026

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