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as in certainty
one that is certain to succeed
the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination
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Recent Examples of lock
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Police are reminding residents to lock their car doors, remove valuables and report any suspicious activity immediately.
—Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The Devil Wears Parada 2 star wore her brunette locks in an elegant half-up, half-down ponytail.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
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Verb
If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Police are reminding residents to lock their car doors, remove valuables and report any suspicious activity immediately.
—Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
Former Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who won a national championship with Indiana in January, was more or less a lock to go the Las Vegas Raiders first overall.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The Devil Wears Parada 2 star wore her brunette locks in an elegant half-up, half-down ponytail.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock
Verb
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The video showed that during the second time, the dog latched onto Evans’ left forearm and violently thrashed as Evans cried out in pain.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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As Asymmetric began to struggle in 2025, McCann latched onto a crypto fad known as digital asset treasury companies, popularized by Michael Saylor’s Strategy, formerly Microstrategy.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This is precisely the offer on the table with the Projeto Paradiso National Talent gathering, which just wrapped a successful third edition, held in the burgeoning film capital of Recife.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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His advice was simple, wrapped in the self-improvement argot of our times.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cuisinart coffee grinders offer a little more certainty than Krups.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Under the Basic Coordination plan, reactive chaos will erode what certainty remains on the changing river, said John Berggren, the regional policy manager for Western Resource Advocates, a climate advocacy organization.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it down during an electricity blackout.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
26 Apr. 2026
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One investor shut her down quickly.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The cushions are bouncy and covered in a fade-resistant material, and when not in use, the chair folds to save space.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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The wings show camber on the outer sections and appear capable of folding for carrier operations.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This was not always a slam dunk.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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To be sure, that's incremental and not a slam dunk.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Her husband’s former colleagues had bolted a memorial plaque to him on the wall between the third and fourth reactor units.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Instead of bearing fishing poles, most have Soviet-era heavy machine guns bolted to their bows with a small rocket launcher atop.—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Once you're done, simply attach them to twine.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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The craftsmanship is prodigious: Reddick also wrote the music that twines through the play, sinuous and often sweetly sinister as sung by the titular choir, who are both players in the story and our guides through the increasingly fantastical action.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Lock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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