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
Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Fortunately, the four-wheel drive hot hatch market is fronted by the Volkswagen Golf R, Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 S, and Toyota GR Yaris, and more manufacturers are releasing electrified alternatives.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2025
The Humboldt penguin chick was hatched March 14 to parents Lilly and Mariano.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025
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Noun
Landon Holman and his crew were battening down the hatches and tying down canopies.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Fortunately, the four-wheel drive hot hatch market is fronted by the Volkswagen Golf R, Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 S, and Toyota GR Yaris, and more manufacturers are releasing electrified alternatives.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
Even baby Gorn are capable of spraying victims with a venom containing a rich broth of eggs, which will eventually hatch in gruesome fashion.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2025
The Humboldt penguin chick was hatched March 14 to parents Lilly and Mariano.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
Noun
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Over the years, Outdoor Voices had faced numerous financial challenges, internal management rifts, excess inventory that had to be sold at off-price channels, cash flow issues, a revolving door of executives and store closures.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
28 July 2025
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Stay indoors, ideally in a basement or interior room—like a bathroom or closet—and keep away from windows and doors.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Online culture also spawned the emergence of viral memes in the late 1990s.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 July 2025
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The show spawned multiple platinum-selling soundtracks, as well as the headlining Best of Both Worlds Tour, which grossed over $54 million.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Rather than sitting as a borderline postseason contender at the trade deadline, Toronto sits atop the American League and leads the A.L. East by multiple games.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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The longer the juice sits on the skins, the darker the color of the rosé.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The painting is impressive, a dark brooding depiction of a flash of light across the night sky apparently based on Church’s real-life sighting of the celestial phenomenon.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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Molly Gordon’s effervescent Claire is lovely and, honestly, perfect for heavy, brooding Carmy, but their meeting can also come off as a little too Garden State for some, with the pair’s manic pixie relationship teetering just on the line of being overly saccharine.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Ginsberg assumes that there was an egg on the nest that the cranes continued to incubate.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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Now more than 21 weeks into her pregnancy, Smith’s case is on track to become one of the longest instances of life support being used solely to incubate a fetus in a legally deceased patient.—
Jameelah Nasheed,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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