clamps

present tense third-person singular of clamp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clamps This is an adjustable graphics-card brace, and its screw tightens the part that clamps it to the slide. PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 Here, Lloyd clamps a muzzle — part fetish club, part Bane — over Lucky’s mouth while Pozzo pushes him in a wheelchair (the actor, Michael Patrick Thornton, uses a chair). Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamps
Verb
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Verb
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  • The 56-year-old recently recounted his iconic faux pas during a conversation with Today show anchors Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, and Craig Melvin.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Clamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamps. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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