1
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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2
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
Last year, the two companies said their trial project in Spain produced clinker without fossil fuels.
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Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
Typically, clinker is made by heating limestone and clay in a rotating kiln to temperatures above 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
For every ton of clinker produced, about 1,300 pounds of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
Hot clinker is run across grates where air blowers cool it to about 100 degrees C.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
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Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
Typically, clinker is made by heating limestone and clay in a rotating kiln to temperatures above 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
For every ton of clinker produced, about 1,300 pounds of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
Hot clinker is run across grates where air blowers cool it to about 100 degrees C.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinker
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Daniel Weiner, the director of government and elections at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the legal deadlines were set in part so that there would be time to make revisions before the Electoral Votes were cast in the event of a mistake or legal challenge.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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That portrays the Court as an institution that has made historic mistakes on citizenship and need not be trusted as the sole authority on the meaning of the Constitution.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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The trailer has tipped most of the big gags, from the disaster at the dock to Jim wrestling an alligator, but Stoller’s script is strong enough that the movie’s pleasures are far from spoiled.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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And the nation marked 39 years since the Challenger disaster.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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That has received sharp rebuke from California leaders and water experts who point out that Los Angeles’ water supply is flush after two rainy years, and statewide water supply questions have no relationship to municipal water system failures during the Palisades fire.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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Most interpreted that as a failure to engineer a better pass rush through blitzing, something the 49ers rarely did.—
Matt Barrows,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency’s rising Gen Z employees led by social media manager, Kriska Thompson (Shamoun).—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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None of the employees of the branch was injured, McDonald's Ukraine said, adding that everyone working at the restaurant had reached bomb shelters in time.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Housed in the bunkers is ordnance of all types - mortars, artillery shells, grenades, aerial bombs, mines - and from countries including Russia, the U.S. and Great Britain. Peter Ewler, a bomb disposal expert, greeted us at his bunker near the Oder River at the Polish/German border.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Long before retro was cool and historic preservation hip, Crawford fought the prevailing tide that favored destroying older brick buildings to make room for modern skyscrapers of glass and steel.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025
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My favorite seat is on the covered patio — an extension of the small brick building.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
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“Clinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinker. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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