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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are latching" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action where something is attaching or securing itself to another object or surface.
Example: "The baby birds are latching onto their mother's beak for food."
Alternatives: "are attaching" or "are securing".
Dictionary
are latching
noun
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
synonyms
Exact(31)
Others are latching on to the organisation's success.
Instead, it seems investors are latching on to two things.
Small wonder, then, that they are latching onto every technicality in sight.
Novelists are latching onto the adventure, despair and paranoia prevalent in genre fiction to tell stories that transcend the present.
Though a new space dedicated to emerging cabaret artists has not yet appeared, other presenters are latching onto the format.
"Vets are looking for alternative ways to heal, and they are latching onto writing as a way to do it".
Similar(29)
All the gates are latched.
He is wearing a blue suit and tie; a beeper and cellphone are latched to his belt.
When a peak is detected, the corresponding phase and the magnitude amount higher than the threshold are latched.
The hits are latched at pixel level, and the matrix provides a digital interface to the peripheral digital readout.
Consumers may be latching their purses.
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