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Recent Examples of cutlass
The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
Farmers harvest the ripe yellow pods by hand, and then crack them open with a cutlass, or thick stick.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Flashes of that larger story do shine through, and the book advances Graeber’s mission: to destabilize our idea of what’s possible and show that humans can, and often do, create egalitarian worlds built on points of consensus instead of the sharp end of a cutlass.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
The pipe’s walls, between 400 and 600 feet long, reach a vertiginous 22 feet, and its edges are cutlass sharp, leaving little to the eye but a cleaved sky.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
One, a nurse once driven from his home by Boko Haram, who lost everything but had found refuge in the estate, has started sleeping with a cutlass under his bed.
—New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
Marse, where the picong sharp like cutlass and cutting politician down to size and making fun of everything that taking itself too serious.
—M Nourbese Philip, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2021
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
Farmers harvest the ripe yellow pods by hand, and then crack them open with a cutlass, or thick stick.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Flashes of that larger story do shine through, and the book advances Graeber’s mission: to destabilize our idea of what’s possible and show that humans can, and often do, create egalitarian worlds built on points of consensus instead of the sharp end of a cutlass.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
The pipe’s walls, between 400 and 600 feet long, reach a vertiginous 22 feet, and its edges are cutlass sharp, leaving little to the eye but a cleaved sky.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
One, a nurse once driven from his home by Boko Haram, who lost everything but had found refuge in the estate, has started sleeping with a cutlass under his bed.
—New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
Marse, where the picong sharp like cutlass and cutting politician down to size and making fun of everything that taking itself too serious.
—M Nourbese Philip, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutlass
Noun
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Although scaled down in cast and production size to fit the 194-seat Solana Beach theater, this rollicking comedy has lost none of it rapier wit and sass.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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After signing for Liverpool, the rapier striker impressed on her debut season in the Women’s Super League.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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As the stress builds with each successive rep, the scimitars swing loose, missing him.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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In contrast to most Final Destination deaths, in which any number of innocuous objects could, and often do, possess the potential for danger, there’s only one in Lewis’s case that’s repeatedly emphasized — two scimitars hanging on the gym wall above him.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
Noun
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They're designed to perfectly mirror the shows' sabers and boast show and movie-accurate FX and lighting effects.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
11 July 2025
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Star Wars Day Enjoy a movie in the park with a synchronized light show, cosplay contest, light saber battles, appearances by the 501st Legion, Star Wars trivia, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, popcorn stand and beer stand.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
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In 2019, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas stabbed the balloon of sky-high expectations of his candidacy with a broadsword of a meltdown in Miami.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Aug. 2023
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“Cutlass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlass. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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