How to Use tiebreaker in a Sentence

tiebreaker

noun

• Both shot 398 but the tiebreaker was the sixth player‘s scores.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Head-to-head is not the first tiebreaker in draft order.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2022
• If there was a need for a tiebreaker, that moment said it all.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This 11-game stretch is make-or-break, and that one game might have cost them the playoff tiebreaker with the Giants.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the event of a tie in points atop the table or elsewhere when all the dust is settled at the end of the season, that will be the tiebreaker.
  — oregonlive, 22 June 2023
• If the score is tied after two hours, there’s a showdown tiebreaker.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Otherwise, the Bills (who lead the Chiefs by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker) will have to wait until Week 18 to clinch.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
• The win came in a tiebreaker game with a playoff berth on the line and ended in a comeback win for Hebron.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The Rangers own the two-team tiebreaker with Toronto for a wild card spot, lead Seattle and would lose out to Houston.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Forget the bright courts, the point-differential tiebreakers and the prize pool.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• Seattle beat Oakland 5-0 to tie the Rangers in the wild card race, but the Rangers currently hold the tiebreaker over the Mariners for the final wild card spot.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The win vaulted the Warriors over the Lakers in the standings and serves a step toward earning a tiebreaker.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Cincinnati won the season series against both teams, giving the Reds the tiebreaker.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
• Although at the moment, with the Rangers now alone in third place in the AL West, thinking of tiebreakers seems kind of far-fetched anyway.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Golden State has the same record as the Clippers, but is in fifth place in the Western Conference based on the tiebreaker.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
• Garcia won six consecutive points in the tiebreaker, capped by her 10th ace of the first set for a 6-2 lead.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2022
• But Sabalenka willed her way back, forcing a tiebreaker in the second set, and then again in the third set.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• Analia Cooks won the tiebreaker 10-7 to win line one singles for Gateway.
  — Nate Marrero, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• Stefan wins the tiebreaker as he’s fallen just short in a number of weeks this season.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
• Saquon Barkley rushed for two scores, including the tiebreaker midway through the fourth quarter.
  — David Brandt, Chron, 16 Jan. 2023
• If a tiebreaker is needed, there will be a 60-second swing off with no stoppage.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• However, the Mavs do own the tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers.
  — Doyle Rader, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024