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verb

Definition of locknext
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as in to latch

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as in to wrap

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noun

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
Verb
Top it off with its Best of Beauty-winning Atobarrier365 Cream to lock in all that moisturizing goodness, and then keep a bottle of the Atobarrier365 Cream Mist handy for midday refreshes. — Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Sep. 2026 Another is larger carriers who lock in fuel at wholesale while billing surcharges at retail can see a real margin gain. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
Crisis responders are passing out gun locks in the South Deering neighborhood after a 4-year-old boy was shot inside a home on Tuesday. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Her breakdancing and pop-and-lock dancing background also played a role throughout the show, as her moves alongside her all-male dancing troupe acted as an additional instrument. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock
  1. latch
  2. wrap
  3. certainty
  4. shut
  5. fold
  6. slam dunk
  7. bolt
  8. twine
Verb
  • But this also means the film has almost nothing to latch onto emotionally.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This bag from Away has a code lock that latches onto the zippers, preventing everyone but you and security from getting in.
    — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of latch
Verb
  • Production has wrapped in the New York and New Jersey area, and the film is expected to release in 2027.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Flávio Bolsonaro addressed the press and a small group of supporters, including some wearing green and yellow Brazil jerseys and one woman wrapped in the Israeli flag, outside his Brasilia house.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrap
Noun
  • By defining requirements upfront and approving change orders quickly, the model improves schedule certainty and ensures vessels are mission-ready when they are delivered.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Heavy rainfall is a certainty with this storm, but the level of threat from sustained winds and storm surge will be dependent upon the extent to which Isaias can get its act together.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of certainty
Verb
  • The potential victims all have to get into their coffin, which is then shut.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a dispute over British sanctions barring the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shut
Verb
  • If not, find another box or even a large, zippered plastic bag that’s big enough to accommodate the wig without folding it.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The album folded electronic textures, orchestral flourishes, studio experimentation and huge melodies into songs that wrestled with politics, mortality, love, fear and the strange business of being alive.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fold
Noun
  • As the camera focused on a star player making a touchdown or a slam dunk, the faces of the fans behind them would coalesce into a colorful, murky abstraction.
    — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Through a historic bull market, passive investing has long been a slam dunk, even as underlying changes sow uncertainty about the future.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of slam dunk
Verb
  • Dyson built the CameraJet around 16 million lines of code and a model trained on 470,000 dental images, bolting a camera, pump, fluid system and software onto a device people have historically cleaned with nylon bristles.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The move will bolt-on Outreach to a creators roster at The Team that includes Livvy Dunne, Taylen Biggs, Grant Horvat, The Bryan Bros, MatPat, Abby Baffoe and more.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of bolt
Verb
  • Blooms provide an early source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, while songbirds shelter and build nests among the twining branches.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 3 June 2026
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