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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Johnson's home run was the clincher for the Twins.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And this, I think, was the final clincher .
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But while Mills put them ahead, the game was not safe until Tommy Wright's clincher three minutes from time.
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It's a statement that tends to produce a condescending smile, but in any discussion it is usually a clincher .
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The clincher came when we went to buy our Christmas tree last week.
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The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck.
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This latter piece of logic was the clincher and he dropped the idea as soon as he sobered up, the following week.