as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
I once spent a night in the clink, and it's an experience I don't want to repeat
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Recent Examples of clinks
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Each robot, remotely operated, clinks glasses and gestures in unison, embodying the camaraderie and hope of the musical’s revolutionaries.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinks
Noun
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Some of those people have been arrested directly by ICE agents while others have been arrested by other law enforcement agencies, placed on immigration holds within county jails and then arrested by ICE while being held.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026
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Stewart visited three county jails in 2024 and found major lapses in medical and mental health care.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Foucault did not want simply to write a history of prisons but to produce an account of how power circulates in modern society—not merely through the carceral system but also in universities, medical institutions, the workplace, and the military.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The initiative currently runs three times a year at four California prisons.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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That rings hollow considering Martinez’s long history of taking actions that have also stoked fear in the Jewish community.—
Kevin Wilk,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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His return rattles a household that has learned how to function without him, especially his wife Astoria, played with quiet resolve by Simone Missick.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
14 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement The tragedy that befalls Robert rattles his faith in everything.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
21 Nov. 2025
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The family slept on thin mattresses on the floor and hauled water in plastic jugs from a convenience store roughly 15 miles away, according to investigators.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Among them is José, a 74-year-old retired surgeon holding two small gallon jugs.—
Carrie Kahn,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
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The latest research from the American Action Forum chimes with concerns across both the public and private sectors.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Dec. 2025
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Its recent credits include Dear Viet, about a man who was born conjoined to his twin brother Viet in 1981 as a result of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, which also chimes with the storyline of Reggane.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Clinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinks. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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