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latching

American  
[lach-ing] / ˈlætʃ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. any of the loops by which a bonnet is attached to a sail.


Etymology

Origin of latching

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; latch, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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There is a contingent of Mexicans who find the whole thing a bit nauseating, another example of businesses latching onto and capitalizing on an internet meme.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it was only a few years ago, when online communities of so-called incels started latching onto evolutionary psychology’s story of close relationships that he began to see the EvoScript as dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times

The virus moves along the surface, latching onto one molecule after another, until it arrives at a site rich in these receptors.

From Science Daily

All of that leaves investors latching onto Williams’s language—not because it is definitive, but because it is one of the few available signals before the Fed falls silent.

From Barron's

All of that leaves investors latching onto Williams’s language—not because it is definitive, but because it is one of the few available signals before the Fed falls silent.

From Barron's