clinch
verb (used with object)
to settle (a matter) decisively.
clinched
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past participleof clinch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof clinch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
clinchverb (used with object)to settle (a matter) decisively.
Example Sentences
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Crabb previously clinched a Manhattan Beach Pier bronze plaque, but it was Benesh’s first time winning the open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
That is the number of shares that would have clinched the maximum $1 trillion stock award for Musk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Elsewhere, Nadine Visser clinched the women's 100m hurdles by one thousandth of a second, with a photo finish required to separate the Dutch athlete and Poland's Pia Skrzyszowska.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rahm finished tied for 41st after closing with a round of 76, but the Spaniard has clinched the season title.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
He’d just clinched the 1960–61 United States Championship, and he walked briskly through the snow-covered streets with his mother and Jack and Ethel Collins.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
