clincher
Example Sentences
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As for that tiny point guard: With 45 points in the championship clincher, Brunson didn’t just win Finals MVP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
They might as well use him as a closer, and they might as well use him in a World Series clincher, either in Game 6 or 7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Sir Ben says that is what first piqued his interest, with the script being a final clincher.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
The clincher will be when they catch one of the perpetrators and get him to explain why he did it.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
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
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