as in to decide
to make final, definite, or beyond dispute
the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors
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Recent Examples of clinch
Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Winner, by night’s end, could clinch first place in Group D and an accompanying July 1 ticket to Levi’s Stadium to open the Round-of-32 knockout stage.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
As Red Sox players straggled into their clubhouse to prepare the afternoon’s game, the atmosphere was both triumphant and, by their manager’s own admission, feeling the after-effects of Friday night’s clinch celebrations.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Fellow tournament hosts Mexico also found victory on the night, defeating South Korea 1-0 while becoming the first nation to clinch a spot in the round of 32.
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Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Winner, by night’s end, could clinch first place in Group D and an accompanying July 1 ticket to Levi’s Stadium to open the Round-of-32 knockout stage.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Noun
Schneider will hand the ball from reliever to reliever hoping to tight-walk to a road clinch.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
As Red Sox players straggled into their clubhouse to prepare the afternoon’s game, the atmosphere was both triumphant and, by their manager’s own admission, feeling the after-effects of Friday night’s clinch celebrations.
—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinch
Verb
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Attorneys for the Justice Department asked Cooper for more time to respond to Beatty, saying the Kennedy Center is still deciding how to proceed.
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Lucky decides to take Mason to his first baseball game in Atlanta, only to encounter a series of complications and setbacks for which fatherhood, grief, and economic barriers are a distinct part of the Black American experience.
Noun
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Ray worked his way out of the jam, then greeted Lee with a hug in the dugout.
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That’s the hug in the middle of the day.
Verb
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Delta has denied these allegations and settled Nejat’s lawsuit last year.
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The company agreed to settle the case without admitting liability.
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The world’s second-largest economy has also weathered the historic energy crunch triggered by the conflict better than many of its neighbors – in particular due to its copious strategic oil reserves and embrace of green tech and electric vehicles.
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The new owner, Jasen Mark, snapped it up four years ago, then spent $8 million to turn a rundown resort into a new five-star property that artfully straddles modern amenities and a nostalgic embrace of simpler times.
Verb
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The initial reason for the date requirement – which began in the 1940s – was to determine if a ballot that had been received after the election had been sent before the polls closed.
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Actual salary increases will vary among employees because some of the funding is being used for market adjustments, and employee compensation is also determined by placement on the salary schedule, according to the district.
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Roku has been cautious to ramp up international expansion, especially in Europe, where Amazon has a much stronger foothold with Fire TV, to keep costs in check.
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This week the news arrived that Bayou Rum was relaunching and had redesigned its recipe and distillate style, aiming to achieve a better foothold in a struggling spirits market.
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Five candidates will face off in a June 23 primary in New York's 17th Congressional District, a swath of the Hudson Valley that's up for grabs in November and crucial to the battle for House control.
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That is a lot of enterprise value up for grabs.
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How consumers -- especially younger drinkers -- answer them will determine whether an industry long defined by fuddy-duddy pretense can find its footing in 2026 and beyond.
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The aim is to connect a public art event in the city with an in-store retail experience, as part of Samaritaine’s effort to increase foot traffic and find its footing in Paris’ crowded retail landscape.
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“Clinch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinch. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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