clincher

Example Sentences

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The AI race could well be the clincher.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

Their tying and go-ahead runs in the Fall Classic clincher came on a pair of productive at-bats in the form of sacrifice flies.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 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

That was the clincher right there, 99 percent of what you needed to know.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover