Thesaurus results for PINCHER

pincher

noun

ˈpin-chər

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as in thief

one who steals the pincher of the stolen electronics was caught by the police trying to sell them

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Recent Examples of pincher Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today Investors can have a reputation of being penny pinchers. —

Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 July 2025 Trash bags, disposable gloves and pinchers will be provided, but those offering to help are asked to wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, a mask, and if possible, waterproof gloves. —

Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 Ever since Jane-Ann shed her exoskeleton and got her pinchers sanded down, she has been considered by fashion designers to be a ten. —

Julie Klausner, New Yorker, 15 May 2025 Despite their appearance, earwigs (or pincher bugs) are typically harmless but can wreak havoc on plants. —

Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for pincher

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Over the next two months or so, work will focus inside the 190,000-square-foot, bunker-like structure — vacant for nearly two decades and long the target of vandals and the object of thieves who stripped the concrete structure of anything of value.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
That information is now in the hands of identity thieves and potentially hostile foreign adversaries, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike.

— Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026