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
arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The Crew 9 astronauts pose in the hatch of their Crew Dragon capsule.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Plans are hatched for the couple to head the all-star Free the People tour, with a final stop at the Republican National Convention.
—Kim Willis, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Wilmore swung open the space station's hatch and rang the ship's bell as the new crew floated in one by one and were greeted with hugs and handshakes.
—arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The Crew 9 astronauts pose in the hatch of their Crew Dragon capsule.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
In the campaign’s West Palm Beach headquarters, Trump’s top political lieutenants hatched a plan with one purpose: To make DeSantis look weird.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Plans are hatched for the couple to head the all-star Free the People tour, with a final stop at the Republican National Convention.
—Kim Willis, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
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Among the rest of the cast, Omar Miller is excellent as Cornbread, a sharecropper who works the door of the club, and Li Jun Li as Grace, part of the Chinese couple (with Yao as Bo Chow) who run the grocery stores for both the poor and the rich in town.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again should be expecting a knock on his door and a fresh batch of homemade cookies some time real soon.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The storms were fueled by a stationary atmospheric river last week that spawned dozens of tornadoes and overwhelmed communities with up to 16 inches of rain in four days – a 100-to-1,000-year rainfall event, meteorologists said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Handmaid’s Tale has already spawned a spinoff, The Testaments, that will star Lucy Halliday in the lead role opposite Dowd and Chase Infiniti.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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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After being shunned by the other passengers, June sits on the floor with Nichole as the train hits the end of the line.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Downstairs, the lobby was hung with brooding, Caravaggio-esque paintings, and orchids grew from silver planters with swan’s necks for handles.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Half were incubated below 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit to produce males, and half were incubated above 85.1 degrees to produce females.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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She felt incubated by parents who spread their altruism.—
Jonathan Abrams,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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