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The report concluded, "The defense contractors will have clinched a return on its $10 million investment of nearly 450,000%."

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2022

There is a real chance that Hillary Clinton will have clinched a majority of delegates — and the Democratic nomination — before polls close in the California primary late in the evening of June 7.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2016

If by this means the civil marriage can be brought about, Guglielmi will have clinched a doubtful act into a legal certainty.

From The Italians by Elliot, Frances