as in clenched
to close or secure (something, such as a door) with a latch
latch the gate
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Recent Examples of latched
Overhead bins got latched doors that same decade, to keep luggage from toppling onto passengers’ heads.
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Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Siblings may be latched onto each other, like a barnacle to the hull of a ship.
—Geoffrey Greif, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called.
—Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
TikTok has latched onto the idea that normal facial bloating equals poor health—and the problem goes far beyond misinformation.
—Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026
Fans latched onto his overdrive vocal style, which sounded like bellows across canyons and fused trap elements into reggaeton.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But Saccharine slips off the rails, especially once Hana convinces Josie that Bertha’s spirit has latched onto her in malevolent ways, growing bigger and stronger all the time.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, that showiness in dialogue is latched to a shallowness of characterization.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Rhine and other backers of the fees latched onto another line in the report that said the charges contribute to less than 5% of total development costs.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Siblings may be latched onto each other, like a barnacle to the hull of a ship.
—Geoffrey Greif, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called.
—Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
TikTok has latched onto the idea that normal facial bloating equals poor health—and the problem goes far beyond misinformation.
—Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026
Fans latched onto his overdrive vocal style, which sounded like bellows across canyons and fused trap elements into reggaeton.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But Saccharine slips off the rails, especially once Hana convinces Josie that Bertha’s spirit has latched onto her in malevolent ways, growing bigger and stronger all the time.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, that showiness in dialogue is latched to a shallowness of characterization.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Rhine and other backers of the fees latched onto another line in the report that said the charges contribute to less than 5% of total development costs.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for latched
Verb
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The Chinese speedskater leaped into the air, fists clenched, joy bursting from every pore.—
Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
19 Feb. 2026
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My stomach clenched with worry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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El Segundo tied it 3-3 in the top of the seventh on a two-out, three-run home run by Chase Mattoon.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Harmon isn’t just hungry to close this out with a natty after the Horns tied for second place in the SEC regular season.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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Frances Mitnick, 81, Boston-born, fights back with $300 worth of silver and gold glitter, pasted on the lobby walls from floor to ceiling.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The doors are locked and a notice of non-payment from National Grid is pasted to the front of El Primo Restaurant in Leominster after federal authorities nabbed its owner and three others for allegedly conducting a $1 million SNAP fraud scheme.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Up next Texas A&M clinched the sixth seed in the SEC tournament, and will play on Thursday against the winner of Oklahoma and South Carolina.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Miami, which won two early-season meetings against Charlotte by 27 and 16, clinched the season series and the tiebreaker with the Hornets.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Sitting in a back room at ExtraMile Arena last weekend, Miller clasped hands with old teammate Steve Barrett, who helped pull him to his feet after an hourlong interview with the Statesman.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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As the final seconds ticked down, Bishop’s senior Lotte Lightner clasped the hand of a teammate on the bench and then bounced up to cheer.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Center Tyler Linderbaum, who made the Pro Bowl three times in four years after the Ravens picked him in the first round in 2022, bolted to Las Vegas.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ye bolted at the door, stopping only a couple of seconds at the sidewalk to sign a pair of sneakers for a fan who’d been waiting outside all day.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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And if the elements are glued on, the dryer is likely to cause the glue to melt.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In one drawing, a cap fitted with interior spikes is clamped onto the artist’s skull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Then his mouth clamped shut above his hard little set-back chin.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Latched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latched. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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