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noun

Definition of stoppernext
as in seal

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stopper

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verb

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as in to cork

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as in to seal

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Recent Examples of stopper
Noun
Free-agent sharpshooters Rui Hachimura and Luke Kennard are on the market, and defensive stopper Marcus Smart will leave a hole in the Lakers’ roster after opting out. — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 But Green’s advanced statistics sharply declined, with his box-plus-minus painting him as only a slightly above-average stopper while being one of the worst offensive players in the league. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
Verb
Technical fabrications are still making an appearance with a lot of wind stopper luxe nylons but in shapes and silhouettes that feel more part of a rtw collection than a purely function purchase. — Luisa Zargani, WWD, 18 June 2024 Like O’Rourke, this debate will be one of his best chances to stopper any more losses. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019 See All Example Sentences for stopper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopper
  1. seal
  2. cork
  3. plug
  4. filling
  5. bung
  6. lock
  7. latch
  8. bar
Noun
  • The set features merfolk, seals, homarids and deities that rule over the undersea plane of Nauctis amidst tensions brewing between two warring kingdoms.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • The boutique’s signature seal is the Double Cherry, rendered throughout the space in a bright red.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
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Verb
  • Carlin Karr, director of wine and beverage at Stuckey’s restaurants — including Michelin-starred and James Beard Award-winning Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder — believes roughly 1 in 10 wine bottles are off in taste, or corked.
    — Jeremy Harlan, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
  • Public opposition to the fee helped cork the proposal.
    — Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
Definition of cork
Verb
  • Most of these shoes achieve a full charge within a couple of hours of plugging them into a power outlet.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • But the online community is both a highly valuable and quite perishable property, meaning a conventional plug-and-play M&A maneuver could trigger a significant backlash.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Definition of plug
Noun
  • This pie's filling is a creamy, chocolatey delight filled with crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and chocolate flourishes.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Just unfold the dough, spread on the filling, roll them up, and bake.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
    — Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
    — WIRED, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
Definition of bung
Verb
  • Indeed, some analysts previously told ABC News the current selloff owes primarily to a phenomenon called profit-taking, when traders sell off some of their shares to lock in returns after a prolonged run-up in price.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Beijing is regulating intimacy, but what is being built, there and everywhere, is a permanent record of the interior life, and the interior life was the one room a person could always lock.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of lock
Verb
  • The latest report paints a picture of a manufacturing industry that is still latched to legacy systems, with an eagerness to dabble in AI, but with second thoughts about fully committing to it.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
  • When hand recounts are conducted, election deniers latch onto hand-count methodology and observers to allege the process was also rigged.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
Definition of latch
Verb
  • He was sentenced to nine days in jail before being deported to Australia and barred from reentering Singapore.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • Friday's appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state's ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
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