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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a locking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a mechanism or process that secures something in place, often in technical or mechanical contexts.
Example: "The device features a locking mechanism that ensures the door remains securely closed."
Alternatives: "a securing" or "a fastening".
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Make sure you hear a locking sound before leaving.
A locking storage drawer, under the bed on the driver's side, holds small items.
It is a locking pin to hold a Soviet machine gun together.
Until the mid-nineteen-sixties, few of America's nuclear weapons contained a locking device.
(Her tool kit also includes a carpenter's level, a locking clip, and a baby doll).
Meals are served through a locking metal flap in the cell door.
A click, a locking sound and some flashing lights later we were charging.
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No biopsy was undertaken and stabilisation was initially planned using either a locking plate or retrograde intramedullary nail.
Patients undergoing removal of a locking plate of the proximal humerus were prospectively followed.
This result is then used to design a locking-free discontinuous Galerkin method.
A locking intramedullary nail 2.
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