How to Use tiebreaker in a Sentence

tiebreaker

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  • Both shot 398 but the tiebreaker was the sixth player‘s scores.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record: The Twins edge the Tigers there, 7-6.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Both teams scored twice in the first three rounds of the tiebreaker.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Here's what's left to watch for in the tiebreaker race.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Clippers own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Lakers.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Who has the tiebreaker if both the Bucks and Celtics finish with the same record?
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The next tiebreaker is head-to-head, and the Aztecs are 2-1 against the other two.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Twins and Tigers tied at 85-77, with the Twins taking the tiebreaker.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Swiatek then missed a backhand, and Jabeur pushed things to the tiebreaker and led it 5-4.
    — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The Broncos hold the tiebreaker edge over Utah State by virtue of a 27-3 win in Week 4.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
  • And by virtue of their 3-1 head-to-head record against the Lakers, the Warriors own the tiebreaker.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Head-to-head is not the first tiebreaker in draft order.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2022
  • But the Jazz own the tiebreaker on the Nuggets, thanks to winning all four games against them this year.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The Orioles were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2022
  • Late in the tiebreaker, Kyrgios came to the middle of the net, and gave Garin three short chances to put the ball past him.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • If there was a need for a tiebreaker, that moment said it all.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Division record is the second tiebreaker and the Browns are 2-2, the Ravens 1-3.
    — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The last step in this sort process, the tiebreaker, is sorting by hashcode.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
  • After a back-and-forth third set, the pair went to the tiebreaker and Tan was able to hold on and defeat Williams.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
  • The tiebreaker at the time was the result of the weigh-in, determining who was stronger pound for pound.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • To win the tiebreaker against Houston, which has won six of the first 10 meetings, the Rangers would have to sweep the Astros next week.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The top two teams in each group — where goal difference is the first tiebreaker — advance to the round of 16.
    — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Grant won the tiebreaker, via the OSAA rankings, and was the league’s top seed in the state tournament.
    — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In most tennis matches, when a set moves to a tiebreaker, the outcome comes down to a flip of a coin.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • This could be a tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed; neither team can afford to lose.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • With the victory, New York is off to a franchise-best 23-4 start and holds the head-to-head tiebreaker against the Aces.
    — Wayne Sterling, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The Reds tied with the Pirates for the third-worst record in the league, but the Reds are fourth because Pittsburgh had a worse record in 2021 as the tiebreaker.
    — The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2022
  • For play-in scenarios, Dallas owns the tiebreaker over the Jazz.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That would create a four-way tie, but the Gophers would win a tiebreaker.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Between the lines: Due to tiebreaker rules, the Tigers would have to finish with a better season-ending record than the Twins to make the playoffs.
    — Joe Guillen, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024

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