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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
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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Then there were lesson plans, radon measurements, lead tests, plumbing and fire safety checks, and blueprints, each done according to very specific requirements where any mistakes would set them back months more.ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Janice Hahn, a Los Angeles County supervisor, said on X that the alert was a mistake.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Another would allow for disaster housing to transition into affordable housing.Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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As the potential new lead of the nation's federal national disaster response, Noem may also face questions about her handling of devastating floods in her state.Lexie Schapitl, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
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There’s very little room for error if growth does not accelerate in the coming years.Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of the Media.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Not typically covered is the cost of scheduled maintenance, wear-and-tear items like brake pads and windshield wiper blades, and failure caused by abuse or improper maintenance.Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Technological failures and fires swallow family photos.Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder—that’s how cancers often start—but only in recent years has technology been sensitive enough to catalog every genetic booboo.Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
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The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Nuclear arms race The worst-case scenario in an escalating conflict between the U.S. and China would be either side turning to nuclear bombs.Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
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Host Nikki Glaser skewers Hollywood A-listers with kindness, gets an assist from Adam Sandler Overall, a great performance, especially when compared to Koy's comedic bomb last year.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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The brick likely made its way to Christopher Street in 1930, when the building, originally a nineteenth-century stable, got its brick-and-stucco façade, with arched doorways.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Another problem: The Chicago common brick found on the sides of the houses is highly porous.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 13 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 21 Jan. 2025.
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