as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads
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Recent Examples of hatch
Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Nymphs are strong jumpers and may be found on various plants around their hatch location.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 5 Aug. 2025
Then the eggs hatch into larvae, also known as maggots, that feed on the dead body, adding still more digestive enzymes.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The larvae that hatch are unusual among flies for feeding on live flesh and fluids instead of dead material.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Nymphs are strong jumpers and may be found on various plants around their hatch location.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Verb
The video starts with the baby chickens in their eggs before showing them hatching, chirping, and playing at Melon Patch Academy.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 5 Aug. 2025
Then the eggs hatch into larvae, also known as maggots, that feed on the dead body, adding still more digestive enzymes.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
Noun
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The organizations have identified approximately 12 of those households and will go door to door to find more recipients, especially Black seniors and people with disabilities, said Sorrell.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Yankees drafted a player who admitted to drawing a swastika on a Jewish student’s door in college.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When Buffy actor Charisma Carpenter hosted a recent live taping for her new podcast, the packed event generated a waitlist and spawned adjacent Buffy meetups in New York—not to mention the fans paying $7 per month for premium podcast content.—
Sarah Whitmire,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The online world spawned new information sources and influencers, changed news consumers’ tastes and habits and upended the advertising market on which newspapers relied.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The federal government and the state of Florida, both defendants in the case, sat at the same table in the courtroom Monday.—
Devon M. Sayers,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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As of this writing, the Swift interview is sitting at 18 million views on YouTube alone.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That is the title of a striking piece of artwork hung high above the London skyline, depicting a brooding photograph of Mikel Arteta marking out something that looked like stream-of-consciousness ideas in black paint.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Guthrie family cowers in obedient fear of its brooding patriarch (Peter Mullan).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Caribbean flamingo was artificially incubated for 28 days to avoid South Florida’s extreme weather and predators.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
26 July 2025
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Podcasts are also an effective vehicle for incubating ideas that can be expanded in media such as TV, film and books, and for allowing promising talent to develop.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 June 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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