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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Piastri, who made a mistake that cost him the win at the Australian GP last week, capitalized on clean air in Shanghai to steadily build his advantage as the race evolved into a strategic battle between one and two-stop strategies.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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How does that kind of high-consequence mistake happen?—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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All the while, he’s typically dressed in a form-fitting dress, a shoulder-length wig and heeled boots (because open-toed shoes around hatchets and augers could spell disaster).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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However, he’s also had his share of expensive disasters, such as Joao Felix, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit claims medical errors happened during the procedure, which led to the bowel perforation.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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All the results were just outside margins of error.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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For many Democrats in Congress, the failure to hold Trump’s national security team accountable signals a broader disregard for truth and accountability.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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Both Bhattacharya and Makary are outsiders from their respective public health agencies, each of which has been targeted for substantial reforms by Republicans following widespread policy failures and declining trust following the COVID-19 pandemic era.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Mar. 2025
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After coalescing with ultranationalists to establish the nation's furthest right government in late 2022, the former special forces commando who had already become Israel's longest serving premier largely deflected criticism over the intelligence blunder of October 7, 2023.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Yet, the Trump White House and leading Republicans in Congress have tried mightily to put a positive spin on the colossal blunder, even as Democrats pounced on it.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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To prevent roadside bomb ambushes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Americans learned to get ahead of the problem and hunt down the men who built and distributed the bombs.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Authorities said at least one person threw Molotov cocktails—crude bombs filled with gasoline or another flammable liquid—and fired several rounds from a weapon into the vehicles.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Costa Rican officials suspect former Yankee's teen son died of 'food intoxication' One of the girls threw a brick that hit their 39-year old mom in the ankle, and the girls' 70-year-old grandmother was knocked over while attempting to protect the mom, the sheriff's office said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2025
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That took six months, having drawn and colored every brick and advertisement billboard by hand.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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Some of those locations are likely to see 4 to 8 inches of rain, and this will lead to widespread flooding, mudslides and road washouts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Rohit Sharma’s team are the only unit that have gained three wins from three, although there have been three washouts in the tournament which has prevented South Africa and the Baggy Greens from the possibility of matching them.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Clinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinker. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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