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Recent Examples of clinker In other words, a mixture of mainly turkeys and a couple of blockbusters that hopefully will pay for all the clinkers and then some. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024 Last year, the two companies said their trial project in Spain produced clinker without fossil fuels. Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023 Typically, clinker is made by heating limestone and clay in a rotating kiln to temperatures above 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023 For every ton of clinker produced, about 1,300 pounds of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for clinker
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Noun
  • Justice Department lawyers contend FBI agents acted in good faith despite the mistake and shouldn't be second-guessed by the courts.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Many twenty-year veterans still make rookie mistakes while quick-learning newcomers can rapidly surpass them in both skills and results.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Graham Pauley singled and advanced to third when a fielder’s choice turned into a throwing error on Bohm.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Editor’s Note: Please be mindful that this transcript does not go through our standard editorial process and may contain inaccuracies and grammatical errors.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But in reality, every success is built on a failure.
    Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • These setbacks highlight the inherent risks of space operations, where even minor failures can cost hundreds of millions and set timelines back by months or years.
    Jackie Snow, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the team with the biggest quarterback blunder from 2018 was the Arizona Cardinals, who made the decision to trade up to the No. 10 pick to take Josh Rosen.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This week’s White House Report Card could have been a bad one, considering court rulings against President Donald Trump, staffing blunders, and a lack of movement on his tariff war that is starting to scare his supporters.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The team also located at least three planes aboard the vessel, including a Douglas SBD Dauntless that still had a bomb attached to it.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • One of the co-founders of ICAN, Wright adds that Pope Francis’ role as a virtual patron saint of the movement to ban nuclear bombs should be recognized into the future with a special kind of homage.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Al-Aqsa, a cluster of shrapnel-scarred yellow brick buildings in a dense residential neighborhood, was originally built to accommodate a few hundred patients.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Fact to know: A low-walled terrace added across the front of the home used original clinker brick to integrate new and existing materials.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In fairness, Grier and McDaniel haven’t wasted much money on big-ticket washouts.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Clinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinker. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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