as in to hang
to close or secure (something, such as a door) with a latch
latch the gate
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Recent Examples of latch
The restaurant, which started in Palo Alto and has since expanded to a half-dozen locations across the Bay Area, was one of DoorDash’s first clients, latching onto the opportunity to reach more customers beyond its small establishment that frequently had lines snaking out the door.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 31 May 2025
Months after ads for lactation cookies by the pregnant cookbook author Molly Baz were pulled down from Times Square for being too racy, Bobbie put a postpartum Ms. Baz back up there with her newborn latched to one breast and a can of its formula in one hand.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Babies love latching onto the soft, squishy silicone, easing the transition from breast- to bottlefeeding, and the anti-colic valve means there will be fewer burps.
—Toby Rose, Parents, 22 May 2025
The delivery of the aircraft has been delayed until at least 2027, however, something Trump has latched onto in arguing the Qatari jet could serve as an interim.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 14 May 2025
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 31 May 2025
Months after ads for lactation cookies by the pregnant cookbook author Molly Baz were pulled down from Times Square for being too racy, Bobbie put a postpartum Ms. Baz back up there with her newborn latched to one breast and a can of its formula in one hand.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Babies love latching onto the soft, squishy silicone, easing the transition from breast- to bottlefeeding, and the anti-colic valve means there will be fewer burps.
—Toby Rose, Parents, 22 May 2025
The delivery of the aircraft has been delayed until at least 2027, however, something Trump has latched onto in arguing the Qatari jet could serve as an interim.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latch
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Beats Pill Deals The new Beats Pill is compact, water-resistant, and loud enough to hold its own at a backyard hang or beach day.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2025
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Meanwhile, licenses hung for display on her wall were for a temporary foster care with a capacity of one, police said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Hank Willis Thomas’ (b. 1976) monumental bronze raised arm and clenched fist doesn’t require 500 words of wall text to interpret.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Not a market clenched in anticipation of a significant air pocket in growth.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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The carving shows a woman standing with hands clasped in prayer, in a cloak covered in stars.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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There was also a silver gelatin print of Naomi Campbell with a cell phone clasped to her ear that was taken for a 1995 issue of Vogue Italia that has a presale estimate between $1,200 and $2,000.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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June 17, 2025 Updated 6:50 AM PT The truck carrying two men suspected of living in the country illegally was pinned between a white rusty fence and two border patrol vehicles near a busy intersection in Hawthorne.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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But many of the Polish former St. Adalbert’s parishioners pinned blame on the Pilsen alderman for failing to preserve the entire church complex.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Baloch and Kurdish groups have been particularly active, and Iranian officials have tied forces among them to ISIS.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The couple’s upcoming wedding in Venice is not unprecedented, as the floating city also hosted the wedding of George and Amal Clooney in 2014, when the two tied the knot at the Venice Town Hall.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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This past season, the Rockets clinched the No. 2 seed in the West but fell in the first round of the playoffs.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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The Thunder had clinched the NBA title just minutes earlier at the Paycom Center, which sits diagonally across from the northeast corner of the park.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
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Please do not copy and paste FT articles and redistribute by email or post to the web.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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Do your employees copy and paste information from your store to a carrier portal?—
Brandon Batchelor,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The two enclosures connect to one another with standard speaker wire and basic clamping terminals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Animal Farm, published in 1945 as the Soviet Union was clamping its pincers on Eastern Europe, and 1948 – published at a time when Stalin had drawn the Iron Curtain between East and West – illustrate the moral depravity of the powerful who exert dominance over the powerless.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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“Latch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latch. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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