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
NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
On Monday, Renault debuted a sequel: the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, an all-electric 540 hp hot hatch set for limited production in 2027.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Once established, the tiny flies continue to mate, lay eggs, and hatch indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Before the hatch is opened, crews will do a final inspection of the spacecraft to make sure no hazardous materials are present.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
On Monday, Renault debuted a sequel: the Renault 5 Turbo 3E, an all-electric 540 hp hot hatch set for limited production in 2027.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
The split In January, word leaked that certain Keller school board members had hatched a plan to split the district in half using U.S. 377 as the dividing line.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Once established, the tiny flies continue to mate, lay eggs, and hatch indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
Noun
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Jordan’s parents have described their family life as the kids were growing up with an emphasis on constantly being out of doors.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Union Station were trailblazers that really opened up a lot of doors in those worlds.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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The character helped spawn a Prime Video series adaptation last year, which became the number one title globally on the streamer during its first 20 days, per Skydance.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Partnerships like this splashy high-end drama tie-up between the BBC and ZDF, which has already spawned a new show from the team behind Killing Eve, will help.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Location Capella Taipei sits along arguably Taipei’s most beautiful street, Dunhua North Road, its European boulevard-style layout lined with trees as far as the eye can see.—
Travis Levius,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025
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My co-founder Annie Irwin also sits on the Environment Leadership Team of Northern Ireland as the small business voice, and to gain insight and direction for the company.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The new trailer offers a glimpse of a dark, brooding landscape where reality and the virtual world collide.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
5 Apr. 2025
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Playing as Zoe and Mio, you’re thrust into the whimsical fantasy and brooding sci-fi worlds that each of them dream up as fiction writers (hence the title).—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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If the Beatles at Shea Stadium in ’65 was packed with shrieking teenage fans, the All Starrs at the Venetian incubated quite a different ambience about six decades later.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Besides lacking scientific credibility or moral standing, quarantining West Point assumed that all seventy thousand residents at West Point were incubating Ebola.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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