clincher

Example Sentences

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The AI race could well be the clincher.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Sir Ben says that is what first piqued his interest, with the script being a final clincher.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Then he delivers the clincher line in English while flourishing a finger-heart: “I like . . . you.”

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

It was the fitting end to a fitting clincher, with a once-doubted piece of the roster sealing a once-unlikely World Series title.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

Everyone’s excited, slapping each other's hands, and I feel it, too: a sense that this is the clincher, that we’ve done it, that my girl is saved.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz