Means of deciding a single winner of an otherwise-tied contest (e.g. sports)
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1 Seattle holds the tiebreaker edge based on a win at San Francisco.
2 Williams played a flawless tiebreaker , hitting two aces and three other winners.
3 The unpredictable Australian managed to break back to force a third tiebreaker .
4 Miami is in seventh due to a tiebreaker , and Indiana is eighth.
5 The tiebreaker scenario in that case would have favored Ohio State.
1 But it was the second unit that struck for the tiebreaking goal.
2 Duncan Keith had a tiebreaking score in the third period.
3 He had good instincts and since I was conflicted, he could cast the tiebreaking vote.
4 Mr Pence would still have that crucial tiebreaking vote.
5 Atlanta then made seven of its first 11 shots in the fourth before Crabbe's tiebreaking shot.
1 Reading the tie - breaker rules or applying said rules may not be adequate.
2 Blake and Seppi have gone to a tie - breaker in the third set.
3 That unlikely victory would propel Verona towards a relegation tie - breaker with Reggina.
4 That will leave us with the tie - breaker calculations for deciding first and second.
5 And when it does, it may well be with the tie - breaker in place.
1 Vice-President Mike Pence would act as a tie - breaking vote if one were needed.
2 Our final tie - breaking game lasted longer than the first two combined.
3 Only vice-president Al Gore's tie - breaking vote saved it in the Senate.
4 SEC Chair Mary Jo White, an independent, cast the tie - breaking vote.
5 As Senate president, Pence would then cast the tie - breaking vote.
1 Woods' next PGA Tour win would be his 83rd, breaking a tie with Sam Snead.
2 One is justified, I am sure, in breaking a tie of relationship that involves you in dishonour.
3 Oregon opened an eight-point lead after breaking a tie at 58 with nine minutes left and held on.
4 That moved Lloyd into fourth place in career goals for the US, breaking a tie with Michelle Akers.
5 Boston's David Pastrnak scored twice, breaking a tie with Toronto's Auston Matthews for the NHL lead in goals.
1 Federer holds his service game and it goes to another tie break .
2 But then Nedovyesov fights it back to our third tie break .
3 But Zverev held his nerve to force a tie break , which he won comfortably.
4 Meanwhile, Federer and Super Hans are fighting out the second set in a tie break .
5 Giorgi eventually forced a forehand error to grab the set before it reached a tie break .
6 He lost the first two sets and faced two match points in the third set tie break .
7 It went to a tie break and Venus and Klaasen levelled the match with some strong serving.
8 She lost the tie break although she had another set point at 6-5.
9 This is a great tie break .
10 He duly wraps up the set, 7-3 in the tie break .
11 And we're in a tie break .
12 They saved a match point in the second set tie break before coming through in a match tie break .
13 Andreev aces him to get a set point of his own against the flow of things in this tie break .
14 Flicker of hope duly extinguished, a tie break beckons, in which Philippoussis will have the advantage with his sheer strength.
15 The world number one fought his first tie break of the week in his fourth round against Hicham Arazi of Morocco.
16 The momentum has definitely shifted his way since the tie break , but he needs to capitalise on it with a break.
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