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
NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Some due diligence is required to understand what happens when your cannabis goes down the hatch, but never fear.
—Carly Fisher, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
According to Alameda County Sheriff’s investigators, the plot was hatched last year when Wilson-Rogers was behind bars for a commercial burglary.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Time to batten down the hatches.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Some due diligence is required to understand what happens when your cannabis goes down the hatch, but never fear.
—Carly Fisher, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Great Park idea was hatched two-plus decades ago amid grandiose promises.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
According to Alameda County Sheriff’s investigators, the plot was hatched last year when Wilson-Rogers was behind bars for a commercial burglary.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
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For Starbucks patrons at an upscale mall in Beijing’s central business district – the same complex where the company first opened its doors in China in 1999 – the news doesn’t come as a complete surprise.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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But when a better father would stick around to order a round of hot drinks for everyone, Lee bolts for the door.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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The original series has spawned international adaptations in some 12 countries.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Middle managers sit at the heart of AI adoption.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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More than that, Rini is an entry point to beauty for the children who sit and watch and wonder what that cream or mask is that their mom is putting on her face.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But where Yeat makes up for ultimately hollow songwriting with a healthy amount of brooding world-building, Ian offers us less to grasp onto.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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The business of changing the world is not just loaded with brooding brutality and the willingness to shed blood at every obstacle.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Thailand accused Cambodia of laying fresh landmines following the removal of a barbed wire fence, which was discovered on November 9.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Thank you @cyndilauper for laying the groundwork for artists like me to thrive.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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And Mamdani expressed openness to hiring members of the Democratic Socialists of America, the left-wing group that incubated him during his political rise, to serve in his administration.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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The device was jointly launched by Zhuhai Hengqin Neogenint Technology and Suiren (Zhuhai) Medical Technology, two companies incubated by GDIIST.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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