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Recent Examples of projectile
The oldest items on view inside the Native North America Gallery will be the earliest in the Penn Museum's collections, projectile points dating back to 9500 BCE.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on the quartz fragment’s shape, scientists interpreted it as the point of a projectile that pierced the man’s neck on the right side and broke his cervical rib, ultimately leading to a fatal infection.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Much later, in the Americas, projectile points from Cooper’s Ferry in Idaho date to about 15,700 years ago, older than the famous Clovis toolkit, and support an early peopling of the continent.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
For gunshot wounds, inevitably the discussion turns to the path that a projectile took through tissue and organs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on the quartz fragment’s shape, scientists interpreted it as the point of a projectile that pierced the man’s neck on the right side and broke his cervical rib, ultimately leading to a fatal infection.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Much later, in the Americas, projectile points from Cooper’s Ferry in Idaho date to about 15,700 years ago, older than the famous Clovis toolkit, and support an early peopling of the continent.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
For gunshot wounds, inevitably the discussion turns to the path that a projectile took through tissue and organs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projectile
Noun
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The Pentagon plans to launch 133 more satellites over the next nine months to complete the build-out of the Space Development Agency's first-generation, or Tranche 1, constellation of missile-tracking and data-relay satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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At least one of the 20 or so Russian drones and missiles went about 100 miles into Poland, nearly as far as Warsaw.—
Joshua Sammons,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The country is splintered, and language gets used as ammunition.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The rifle that authorities believe was used in the assassination contained ammunition inscribed with antifascist messaging, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The results cast doubt on whether the plumes truly carry whispers of alien life, or merely echoes of lifeless chemistry on the frozen shell.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Authorities also revealed bizarre engravings on unfired shell casings recovered at the scene.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kids will enjoy the vanilla cake plank, chocolate cannonball and golden caramel popcorn that come with it.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Picture Galileo’s falling bodies, Newton’s spinning bucket, or the cannonball orbiting Earth.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lack of slug may end up haunting them in the postseason.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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If operation of the nuclear system is desired beyond 20 years, a cartridge replacement can be performed.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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There’s also an odor neutralizer cartridge that can be placed into the vacuum’s brush roll and is designed to keep foul odors out of the air while cleaning.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Projectile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projectile. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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