as in factor
something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming
the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there
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Recent Examples of clincher
Here’s the clincher: a 5-month battery life on a single charge means fewer recharges and more peace of mind.
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New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2025
Andy Pettitte won five World Series and was clutch in clinchers.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Payton Pritchard had what might be the most hilariously efficient stat line ever in an NBA Finals clincher.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 June 2024
That was seen in wins over Tampa Bay, Las Vegas twice, Atlanta, Cleveland, and in the Week 18 playoff clincher in Denver’s romp over Kansas City backups.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2025
Andy Pettitte won five World Series and was clutch in clinchers.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Payton Pritchard had what might be the most hilariously efficient stat line ever in an NBA Finals clincher.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 June 2024
That was seen in wins over Tampa Bay, Las Vegas twice, Atlanta, Cleveland, and in the Week 18 playoff clincher in Denver’s romp over Kansas City backups.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clincher
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Recruiting top-tier talent has been a key factor in Rebellions’ success, says Ki-Jun Kim, CEO of Kakao Ventures, who first met Park in 2019 and decided to invest 2 billion won in Rebellions within an hour of their conversation.—
John Kang,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Since then, political analysts and GOP strategists have pointed to Musk's increasingly polarizing image as a key factor in the loss.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Watkins and the Trojans were supposed to be the capper to a dazzling second round — one that featured overtime barn-burners between Kentucky and Kansas State and then Maryland and Alabama.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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As this trilogy capper's title suggests, attempts at peace between apes and humans have failed miserably.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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The can't-miss topper is usually a big spoonful of Ube Halaya and/or ube ice cream.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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And the awful topper came in his Arizona Fall League debut, where the Thomas Jefferson High School product was torched by some of baseball’s best prospects and didn’t make it out of the first inning.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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The coup de grace for Mansour, first reported in the Chicago Sun-Times, came in November.—
John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Losing Syria, the only other nation-state in the axis other than Iran, may be the coup de grace.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Pharmaceutical and medical device monitoring, cancer screenings, immunizations, smoking cessation, mental health, drug abuse, social determinants of health, cybersecurity and reproductive rights will all suffer significant and deadly setbacks.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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These somewhat redundant three layers of determinants robustly channel a trajectory of predictable behavior.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Clincher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clincher. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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