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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation
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as in disaster
something that has failed all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers
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Recent Examples of clinker But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either. —
Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025 Take 419, which is one of two made of nubby clinker brick, a medieval look that matches the Gothic arches over the main entrance and the door to a maisonette. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025 Consequently, clinker quality can be stabilised to allow operators to substitute more of the carbon‑intensive clinker with supplementary cementitious materials, such as slag or fly ash, without compromising strength. —Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Karen Scrivener and colleagues developed cements that blend calcined kaolin clay and ground limestone with a small portion of clinker. —IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for clinker
Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025 Take 419, which is one of two made of nubby clinker brick, a medieval look that matches the Gothic arches over the main entrance and the door to a maisonette. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025 Consequently, clinker quality can be stabilised to allow operators to substitute more of the carbon‑intensive clinker with supplementary cementitious materials, such as slag or fly ash, without compromising strength. —Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Karen Scrivener and colleagues developed cements that blend calcined kaolin clay and ground limestone with a small portion of clinker. —IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for clinker
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And it's allowed for a lot of mistakes.— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, that décor mistake can inadvertently make a space feel cluttered.— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
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Use a bag bungee Trying to balance a travel tote on top of a rolling suitcase is a disaster waiting to happen, especially when navigating crowded terminals.— Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
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When the smoke alarm stayed silent, one very loud dog made sure his family didn’t sleep through a disaster.— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Yet technology experts warn that outsourcing key decisions to AI exposes consumers to risks, potentially leading to communications errors and costing people money, while also potentially handing hackers the keys to their data.— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Nurses at the hospital continue to report staffing issues and high turnover rates while saying medication errors and delays in patient care are continuing to occur.— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
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The driver was arrested for operating while impaired and failure to stop and identify at a personal injury crash.— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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More recently, fans trying to buy tickets for major tours, like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Bruce Springsteen, and Harry Styles have faced sky-high prices, system failures, and a lack of real alternatives.— Letitia James, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
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Tunsil plummeted out of the top ten, falling all the way to the 13th pick, where the Miami Dolphins were the beneficiaries of his blunder.— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion.— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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This approach removes the need for bomb bays or underwing pylons.— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
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The Kansas City Police Department’s bomb and arson unit is investigating the fire.— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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Twelve students, including Brendan LaFave, the high-achieving kid from Ann Arbor, live in the three-story brown-brick house, which has white columns along its wide front porch.— Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Irvine police arrested a man accused of stealing $34,000 worth of high-end Lego sets and replacing the plastic bricks with pieces of dry pasta.— Michele Gile, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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While the weekend isn't looking like a washout, a few rounds of showers are likely across the state.— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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On the other hand, cool‑season sod farmers usually grow Kentucky bluegrass, which germinates slowly compared to other turfgrass species, increasing the risk of washouts.— Ryan Bearss, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Clinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/clinker. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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