Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork.
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- adjective Having (a specified number or type of)
prongs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
- adjective having prongs or tines; usually used in combination
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Examples
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It also determined the inevitablity of FDR’s alphabet agencies, Johnson’s Great Society welfare expansion, and Obama’s twin pronged attack (industry, health care).
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"We're going to do this two-pronged, meaning in parallel," Vitavas Srivihok, director general for ASEAN affairs at the Thai foreign ministry, told AFP.
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They see the inevitable endgame approaching and they have decided to address the situation with a multi-pronged strategy in hopes of delaying the end of their traditional business model as long as possible.
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Here is Trump's four-pronged outline for guaranteed success:
To: the Mets, From: The Donald Jason Gay 2011
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But a new BusinessWeek report says that this leap-into-action model should be avoided for issues outside your skill set and suggests following a three-pronged method instead.
How To Make Decisions Outside Your Comfort Zone | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Contrary to what you may think, if you have ever used an EU-standard electrical plug, you will understand that while having a hole to conveniently pull out a plug is surely nice, the design above, the leveled two-pronged plug is not a good design.
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This is a two-pronged question, only one prong of which, the novel, I feel even remotely qualified to address.
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Had he not halted the horses, turned the reins over to Saxon, and shot an eight-pronged buck from the wagon-seat?
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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Through the Economic Development Corporation, the city has supported similar multi-pronged support programs aimed at other industries, including the arts and financial services.
City Sews Up Boost for Fashion Industry Erica Orden 2010
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Other tools were arrayed on a white towel, like an exhibit of Civil War medical instruments: three-pronged ice tongs, dull knives, a wooden mallet.
Old-Fashioned 2009
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