Thesaurus results for CLINCHER

clincher

noun

ˈklin-chər

as in factor

something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there

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Recent Examples on the Web But the real clincher is when real-life couples have to put their attraction aside to portray relatives on screen. —

James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 July 2024 Friday’s data was the clincher on what was an overwhelmingly solid second quarter for the US economy and the lengthy battle to lower inflation. —

Alicia Wallace, CNN, 26 July 2024 The clincher, those close to Trump say, came after the Butler shooting, when Trump began to think of Vance’s youth as an asset. —

Eric Cortellessa/butler, TIME, 19 July 2024 Just Found the Perfect Anti-Bridal Wedding Dress The cute bow in the hair was the clincher with this Chloé dress for us. —

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for clincher

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