These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ratchet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Biden, including a bipartisan law to ratchet up investments in semiconductors and the first significant gun-violence measure in decades. 2022 Congress in recent weeks also has passed legislation on other top priorities for Mr. 2023 But the best way to ratchet up viewing time is with great, must-see original or exclusive programming, which is ostensibly right in Collier’s wheelhouse. 2023 Williams' injury will ratchet up the heat on Staley, who played his starters a significant amount against the Broncos in a regular-season finale with nothing at stake. 2022 Williams’ injury will ratchet up the heat on Staley, who played his starters a significant amount against the Broncos in a regular-season finale with nothing at stake. 2023 But goals ratchet up with each success, so the loss to the Dutch was greeted with heartbreak, and then perspective. 2023 The impending dominance of an especially speedy, immune-evasive variant, Truelove told me, could ratchet up that swell. 2023 Pelosi's visit saw tensions in the Taiwan Strait ratchet up. Verb Both liberals and conservatives on the Court struggled to identify a limiting principle that could allow the Court to ratchet back the scope of Section 230 without also raising legal risks for innocuous internet use. 2010 And the mood feels both wondrous and enchanted-ripe for SZA’s wounded, if not ratchet, reminiscences. 2022 Over the past 10,000 years our species has ascended up an irreversible ratchet of population density, complexification of society, and specialization of labor. Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2022 There are three basic types of pruning shears: anvil, bypass and ratchet. RATCHET meaning: a device made up of a wheel or bar with many teeth along its edge in between which a piece fits so that the wheel or bar can move only in. 2022 Powell threw the ratchet strap at one of the officers and made threatening statements, the GBI said. 2022 Outside hanging out the window with my ratchet-ass friends. 2023 Sis flipped a beloved Twinkie Clark song, mixed it with a DJ Jimi track, and gave us the holiest of ratchet anthems. 2022 The ratchet strap and one-inch stabilizer straps give a sturdy attachment. Noun And also the parties at the end are a little ratchet.
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