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
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At the time, County Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez was giving unusual instructions to the audience members, many of whom were there to criticize the agreement, which added a compensation stipend to an existing cooperation deal between Miami-Dade jails and ICE.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Dallas County and Harris County jails are larger.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 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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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the announcement, while human-rights groups accused the military of ignoring one of the gravest instances of abuse in the country's network of wartime prisons.—
JULIA FRANKEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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That contract lapsed after then-President Joe Biden issued an executive order barring the Department of Justice from contracting with private prisons.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Vlad Tenev, chairman and CEO of Robinhood Markets, rings the Opening Bell with Robinhood Ventures Fund I at the New York Stock Exchange on March 6, 2026.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cala Pregonda, Menorca Just an island over from the tourist-trodden Mallorca, Menorca feels a world away—a sentiment that rings even more true in the north of the island.—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But as Blue Owl’s stumble rattles the industry, its standing in Washington is also getting shakier.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Diesel prices surged to an average of $5 per gallon in metro Atlanta on Wednesday as the ongoing war in the Middle East rattles the global market, the AJC’s Amy Wenk reports.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Rigid plastic containers such as water bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday, Ayman Ghazali waited in his car outside Temple Israel, near Detroit, for about two hours with a rifle, commercial grade fireworks and jugs of liquid believed to be gasoline, before crashing into the building full of dozens of children, according to authorities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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The strategy is to take Laporte’s original vision and extrude from that what is contemporary and chimes with today’s younger generations.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The imagery of the song chimes with some of Bowie’s deepest spiritual preoccupations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Soft piano music intermingles with the tweeting of sparrows outside, and my nose tingles with the heady scent of leather mixed with the musty perfume of incense burning on the windowsill.—
Nicola Chilton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Clinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinks. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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