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noun

Definition of sealnext
as in signature
an official mark that is stamped on paper or on a small piece of wax to show that something (such as a document) is genuine and has been officially approved The paperwork must have a notary's seal.

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verb

1
as in to fish

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as in to lock

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Recent Examples of seal
Noun
Once the Rockets broke the shame seal and stole away with Olajuwon, the league needed to take drastic measures, because everyone would now feel emboldened to make a mockery of the game. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026 When a seal like Violet won’t eat on its own, caretakers use a tube to feed it. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
If you’re not already sold, the discount should seal the deal. — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026 But on a final attempt to tie the game with time expired, quarterback Cruz James was intercepted by TFA freshman Jaylen Johnson in the end zone to seal TFA’s victory. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seal
  1. signature
  2. fish
  3. lock
  4. authorization
  5. harvest
  6. latch
  7. certification
  8. clam
Noun
  • Redistricting opponents collected hundreds of thousands of petition signatures seeking to force a statewide vote on the new districts.
    — DAVID A. LIEB, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Almost everything in this vast, artificial indoor garden, including the surrounding stands of bamboo and a woebegone girl sprouting angel wings, is rendered in the Belgian artist’s signature ash gray.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • Stella said he's been fishing on the lake for years, doing catch and release.
    — John Dias, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Shallow groundwater stores supported fruit orchards, alfalfa fields, livestock ranches and, at one point, a water park and dozens of manmade lakes where people could fish, sail and water ski.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fish
Verb
  • One lifetime payment beats paying for separate subscriptions for every model worth testing, and today’s the last chance to lock in this Labor Day price.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
  • On top of that, police urge folks to lock their doors, cars and sheds and even keep ladders away from houses.
    — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of lock
Noun
  • The Army Corps hopes to receive congressional authorization in 2028, with the construction window estimated to begin in 2032.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Zero-trust measures can support continuous authentication and authorization for every agent action, while capabilities like policy as code can enforce deterministic execution and create machine-readable guardrails.
    — Ismail Amla, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of authorization
Verb
  • The industrial space is chock-full of eight-foot bolts of rushes (the flexible lengths of plants woven into baskets), harvested just once annually in Somerset, and garlands using offcuts of the material lining the windows.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The result is that each adult animal’s hair can only be harvested once every two to three years.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of harvest
Verb
  • And a lot of people latched onto her as this avatar of this particular viewpoint of keeping women's sports exclusively for cisgender women.
    — Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
  • That riddim quickly took off as other artists in the 2000s latched onto the popularity and danceability of that beat.
    — Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of latch
Noun
  • Mehler Protection said greater automation could be introduced as relevant regulations, certifications and operational procedures develop.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Spano spent roughly 18 months and, by his own estimate, well into seven figures modifying his jet—an Embraer Phenom 300—to carry two camera systems and clear FAA certification.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of certification
Verb
  • Deputies tried to keep the man alert and clam to help avoid the venom's spread before medical personnel arrived, the Facebook post stated.
    — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Along the Atlantic coast of Europe a cancer riddles the golden carpet shell clam, Polititapes aureus, yet genotyping showed its cells are not that clam’s at all.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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“Seal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seal. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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