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“Links” or “Lynx”

Overview

links / lynx are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

links: (noun) a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore.

lynx: (noun) a text browser. (noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur.

Pronunciation

links: l·IH·ng·k·s

lynx: l·IH·ng·k·s

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Examples in Context

Examples of “links”

  • …and five national capitals, and links regions of similar climate and…
  • …and any added entities and links were automatically laid out without…
  • …the "down" slow line that links to a siding beside Platform1.
  • …officials, some of whom had links to Ormond.
  • …the newsroom via fixed cable links, microwave radio, production truck, satellite…
  • Official links
  • Links to other transnational highways
  • …Schütz-Ausgabe, biblical source(s), and further links to the collection's history, original…
  • Links to sites with her photographs:
  • …the "up" slow line which links into the remaining sidings and…

Examples of “lynx”

  • …the final out recorded in Lynx history, after grounding out to…
  • …(Aquila adalberti), and the Iberian lynx (Felis pardina), can occasionally be…
  • Category:Minnesota Lynx players
  • The Red Lynx (voiced by Mark Hamill) –…
  • …the ghost of the Red Lynx in the same episode–-doing so…
  • …Arabic literature in English, M. Lynx Qualey, has interviewed Eman Hylooz…
  • Category:Toronto Lynx players
  • …the Reading Phillies and Ottawa Lynx.
  • The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference,…
  • …and was traded to the Lynx on the same day.


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