They look at the number of strong ties within a group.

Short of black tie, what are you going to put on?

In the case of a tie, the second best times are used.

He took part in a total of 19 ties during his career.

And you might as well use one of my ties, too.

They lost only a few of the ties into the river.

Because, in a way, everyone had some sort of tie with him.

The players had no chance of a tie in this legal game.

But that wasn't much of a tie to the others.

In the event of a tie, two different games have been played.