pronged

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I took a two pronged approach to testing1.

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Quick take

having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

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adjective

having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

adjective

resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pronged.

adjective

having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

adjective

Example sentences

I took a two pronged approach to testing1.

A multi-pronged attack to improve lives, and to give them the tools to improve their own.

Netflix needed to do a two-pronged approach -- here's what we're going to do for you, and here's what you're going to do for us.

I really doubt that the video quality is part of a two pronged plan to shut out the opposition.

So I think the actual strategy is two pronged, in a different direction, and both worse and more economical:1.

Back in the 40s through 60s, both the Swiss and American watch companies standardized on a 6-point case back that was removable with a two or three-pronged adjustable wrench.

Perhaps a multi-pronged separation-of-powers approach, but that hasn't worked out in practice, either.

I'm not a lawyer and therefore not qualified to expound on what "Three-pronged Test" or "Doctrine" decides what qualifies as an invasion of privacy, but...If the cops could easily tell you were driving drunk, they'd pull you over and cuff you.

So, "one thing only" really only works in an open-allocation environment, in which case you are by definition giving people the authority to decide for themselves if they prefer to take a one-thing-only laser-focus or a more multi-pronged approach.