as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads
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Recent Examples of hatch
C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
That's what makes the Volkswagen Golf GTI so special, as well as other hatches.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Players should concentrate on hatching them to have a chance at shiny regional Pokemon such as Bouffalant, Sigilyph and Maractus.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
All its hatches were closed, blocking Prorok from flying the warhead inside.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
That's what makes the Volkswagen Golf GTI so special, as well as other hatches.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
The 26-year-old soldier teamed up with her sister, Marissa, and hatched a perfect plan that would leave their family speechless.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Players should concentrate on hatching them to have a chance at shiny regional Pokemon such as Bouffalant, Sigilyph and Maractus.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
Noun
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If a cooking fire starts in your home, the NFPA advises, get out, close the door behind you and call 911 or emergency services.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Dorothy: Rose, leave the glasses in the refrigerator, close the door, and keep your head out here with us.—
Margaret Lyons,
EW.com,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The series spawned a spin-off prequel movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), and a 2017 revival series, Twin Peaks: The Return, that picks up the storyline 25 years later.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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And a ceasefire does nothing to address the underlying conflict that spawned the war.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Betts sat for most of the fourth quarter as the finishing touches were put on the Terps’ second-largest margin of defeat this season.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Saudi hospital, just north of El Fasher’s airport, sits near the front lines of the war and has been repeatedly hit by shelling.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Streaming Sunday on Paramount+. Thornton is hardly the only brooding leading man this week.—
Sarah Goodman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Timothee Chalamet’s turn as Dylan is almost comically brooding at times and Edward Norton’s Pete Seeger is like a folk singer version of Mr. Rogers, but their singing and demeanor are both spot on, and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez is fun to watch.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
20 Dec. 2024
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Before now, United’s calamities in the last decade or so have been incubated to a tier most other clubs can only dream of: finishing bottom of a Champions League group; coming eighth in the Premier League but winning the FA Cup; losing a Europa League final 11-10 on penalties.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Catch up quick: Henderson incubated the company at the software giant SAP and spun it out as a separate business in 2016.—
Richard Collings,
Axios,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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