(n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
(n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
Example Sentences:
(1) The strange clincher by Croatia was merited because they had always been sprightlier.
(2) The clincher, though, was the mission statement, donor 150's parting shot so to speak.
(3) The line turned out to be a clincher, and it remains as good a description as any of a show that wins serial Emmy awards and is frequently described by fans as being the best drama on TV.
(4) The clincher for anyone who still has doubts about the singular seriousness of the Argentine approach to football.
(5) The clincher could be which country produces the better international football teams and, well, we know the answer to that.
(6) Despite success on the field – Orlando City are firmly on the trail of a second US Pro title in three seasons while they also beat two MLS teams in this year's US Open Cup – and growing attendance, with a league-record 10,697 for a regular-season game last Sunday (Chivas USA are averaging less than that in MLS), the effective clincher for a successful bid for top-flight entry has always been the stadium.
(7) But they pulled ahead early in the clincher by shooting 59 percent in the first half and holding the up-tempo Wizards without a fast-break point until the second half.
(8) Most of my peer group are pro-UK, with fears over the EU being the biggest point and the currency issue is a clincher.
(9) But they all disappeared when my husband, Ben, rolled out the clincher: “And when we’re not using it, we can rent it out on Airbnb !” Sold.
(10) Kevin de Bruyne had endured the longest barren run of his time at the Etihad Stadium, his previous four games yielding neither a goal nor an assist, but the he broke the deadlock and created Aleksandar Kolarov’s clincher.
(11) We may never find the clincher piece of evidence - though it may yet turn up".
(12) But the clincher was McIntyre himself, the first comic in a generation who kept the kids onside and didn't frighten the grannies.
(13) But the clincher came when Robertson asked Smith to explain what precisely Assange's new rustic home would look like.
(14) He was the 33rd best paid kicker , yet kicked the game-winning field goal against the Denver Broncos in the divisional playoff, and the game-clincher against the 49ers at the Superdome.
(15) 12.45am BST Mr Levity (@Levity63) @HunterFelt Messi is centre stage at the moment, Duncan, Parker et al will have to wait June 15, 2014 Yeah, it's not the best timing for a possible clincher I do realize.
(16) And while Hostal Persal’s simple rooms are comfortable, the clincher is its prime location at a killer price (including free Wi-Fi).
(17) He also proposes a graduate tax set at 2% for those earning between £10,000 and £25,000, adding the clincher that it would feel very much lower for students than current arrangements.
(18) Already as details of this month's cuts started to emerge, there were signs this may not be the electoral clincher Cameron so confidently expects.
Determiner
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, determines or decides.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
(2) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(3) Disease stabilisation was associated with prolonged periods of comparatively high plasma levels of drug, which appeared to be determined primarily by reduced drug clearance.
(4) The prenatal risk determined by smoking pregnant woman was studied by a fetal electrocardiogram at different gestational ages.
(5) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
(6) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
(7) We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene.
(8) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(9) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
(10) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
(11) We determined whether serological investigations can assist to distinguish between chronic idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenia (cAITP) and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in patients at risk to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); 82 patients were seen in this institution for the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia.
(12) Quantitative determinations indicate that the amount of PBG-D mRNA is modulated both by the erythroid nature of the tissue and by cell proliferation, probably at the transcriptional level.
(13) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(14) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
(15) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(16) In animal experiments pharmacological properties of the low molecular weight heparin derivative CY 216 were determined.
(17) Using the oocyte system to express size-fractionated mRNA, we have also determined that the mRNA coding for this protein is between 1.9-2.4 kilobases in length.
(18) Despite of the increasing diagnostic importance of the direct determination of the parathormone which is at first available only in special institutions in these cases methodical problems play a less important part than the still not infrequent appearing misunderstanding of the adequate basic disease.
(19) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
(20) The serum concentration of hyaluronan (HYA) was determined in 59 patients with various myeloproliferative disorders, including 33 patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis.