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- noun Plural form of
tieback .
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Examples
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I prefer a clean look like this: just great cords and tiebacks.
Museum Quality Jen Renzi 2011
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The panels themselves looked marvelous, hanging an inch above the floor, held open with matching fabric tiebacks.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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The panels themselves looked marvelous, hanging an inch above the floor, held open with matching fabric tiebacks.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Dear Heloise: I was looking for tiebacks for curtains for my son's room, and they are very pricey.
Hints From Heloise 2010
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The rugs are woven suede and leather, the couches and chairs silk and velvet brocades, the crystal Lalique, Baccarat and Venetian, the swathed silk curtains harnessed by mother-of-pearl inlaid tiebacks.
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The use of satellite wells -- using a method called subsea tiebacks -- is proliferating.
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Another 23 tiebacks are in development and expected to be operational before the end of 2011.
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"The technology has improved and costs have decreased to make longer tiebacks possible," said Frank Puskar, president of Energo Engineering, a Houston firm that specializes in offshore work.
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Six new deepwater tiebacks have started pumping oil and gas since the beginning of 2008, according to Offshore Engineer, an industry trade publication.
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Even with a limited additional construction work if the companies used tiebacks to produce the oil, there would be tons of other work and a longer life for Hibernia.
Turning the clock back on economic development Ed Hollett 2007
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