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-clase

American  
  1. a combining form used in the formation of compound words that denote minerals with a particular cleavage, as specified by the initial element.

    oligoclase; plagioclase.


-clase British  

combining form

  1. (in mineralogy) indicating a particular type of cleavage

    plagioclase

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Etymology

Origin of -clase

< French < Greek klásis; -clasis

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Or pitch in baseball: The 2025 federal indictment of Guardians all-star Emmanuel Clase alleges that he was tailoring pitches to bets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weeks later, the same U.S. attorney’s office charged Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase with fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal

In November, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted on federal charges that they “rigged pitches” — that is, they tipped bettors about whether they would throw a pitch outside the strike zone in specified situations and how hard they would throw it.

From Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors say bettors won hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves and paid Clase and Ortiz thousands of dollars for their help.

From Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors told the court last month that Clase, a three-time All-Star, likely would face 87 to 108 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines — that is, up to nine years — if convicted on each of the four counts in his indictment.

From Los Angeles Times