How to Use clearinghouse in a Sentence

clearinghouse

noun
  • Rather than option him to the minors, the Dodgers shipped him to their clearinghouse for wayward starters: The bullpen.
    Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • The idea of a registry, of a clearinghouse seemed logical to me.
    Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 June 2017
  • Like Trump before him, Musk is able to act as a clearinghouse for the fringier ideas coming from the far-right fever swamps.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
  • One of those reasons is the transfer portal, which is in essence a clearinghouse.
    Terence McGinley, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There are others around the South, but this is ours, a kind of clearinghouse for the vanishing skills of my people.
    Southern Living, 21 June 2011
  • There are others around the South, but this is ours, a kind of clearinghouse for the vanishing skills of my people.
    Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Hall said the department was a clearinghouse for the data.
    John Fritze, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • She has been forced to find a new payment clearinghouse with an upfront fee and a year’s contract.
    Julie Creswell, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The clearinghouse’s sole job is to carry out the instructions of others.
    Matt Sekerke, National Review, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Holy Grail isn’t a ranch or butcher, but rather a clearinghouse of sorts run by premium steak nerds.
    Dominic Armato, azcentral, 10 June 2020
  • The Afghan Parliament—which has turned into a clearinghouse for strongmen—is a main stage of the conflict.
    Javid Ahmad, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Joy said that clearinghouse sent nearly 2,200 leads to the Wisconsin task force last year.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Mallory has had to clear up some issues with the NCAA clearinghouse.
    Matt Dorsey, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The area in the burn radius of the fire is filled with dry grass, brush and Ponderosa pine, according to fire clearinghouse InciWeb.
    CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That’s the information clearinghouse in the NFL, not just the place where players stop by to pick up their jerseys, pads and helmets.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
  • It’s a test still done today at the NFL Combine—itself formed in the 1980s to give teams a clearinghouse to meet with players and track their statistics.
    Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In theory, the NCAA is the clearinghouse for all these entities and their concerns.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2020
  • The problem with this picture is that scientists cannot find anything physical in the brain that seems to act as the clearinghouse.
    Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2017
  • In its sheer size and variety, the set manages to feel like one of Waits’ greatest achievements, rather than a clearinghouse of minor work.
    Al Shipley, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Now, Midnights is a concept album that acts as a clearinghouse for over a dozen episodes from Taylor Swift’s life that were ready to become a song.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • These other banks, in turn, would bring the notes back to the over-issuing bank or common clearinghouse for redemption.
    William J. Luther, National Review, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The senior committee was not created to be a clearinghouse for any one team.
    Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In turn, the brokerage may not be able to pay its clearinghouse to execute trades, forcing a trading halt.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Kriisa is not eligible to play anyway, with his case still in the NCAA clearinghouse.
    Bruce Pascoe, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Texas Humor, the clearinghouse for all things Texan on social media, noticed and shared a dank meme making fun of the pillow.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The drug clearinghouse went into effect in January of last year.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Olmsted’s role as a clearinghouse for craziness is not new.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • At Yandy's massive clearinghouse on Phoenix's northern fringe, they are balled up in plastic bags inside canyons of brown boxes.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
  • People look to the federal government to be the clearinghouse, and to the CDC, in particular, in the case of a pandemic, to be the clearinghouse with the best data.
    Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2020
  • Bad puns aside, Louisiana officials are looking to crack down on litter with a new hotline that serves as a clearinghouse for trashy complaints.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024

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