variants
or sabre
as in broadsword
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Recent Examples of saber
Blindfolded, Jodee Berry was led out to the restaurant's parking lot where it was revealed her grand prize was actually a brand new Star Wars doll, a green toy Yoda (complete with light saber), meant as an April Fool's Day prank.
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John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Natalia Botello became the first Ohio State Buckeye to win the NCAA women’s saber crown and the fourth individual national champion in program history, joining Katarzyna Dabrowa (epee, 2012), Eleanor Harvey (foil, 2016) and Yelena Kalkina (epee, 1997).
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ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
His office sports such mementoes as a real saber-tooth tiger skull.
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Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
What was once done by indirection and guile is now carried with the high hand, in the face of day, at the mouth of the cannon and by the edge of the sabre of the nation.
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Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Natalia Botello became the first Ohio State Buckeye to win the NCAA women’s saber crown and the fourth individual national champion in program history, joining Katarzyna Dabrowa (epee, 2012), Eleanor Harvey (foil, 2016) and Yelena Kalkina (epee, 1997).
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ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
His office sports such mementoes as a real saber-tooth tiger skull.
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Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
What was once done by indirection and guile is now carried with the high hand, in the face of day, at the mouth of the cannon and by the edge of the sabre of the nation.
—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saber
Noun
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However, some people have also pointed out that this could just be the game’s version of the regular steel broadsword.
Noun
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By holding a button, a simple katana suddenly becomes a 10-foot blade, or a rapier sprouts a demolition-grade power drill — all capable of viscerally dismembering and maiming foes.
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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.
Noun
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Its head crest is shaped like a curved sword called a scimitar, and measures 20 inches long.
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Enter, Katara Towers, a staggering 725-foot-high behemoth of two halves fashioned to look like the curved scimitar swords on the nation’s seal.
Noun
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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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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.
Noun
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Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.
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But, as exciting as swords and dragons are, that’s not really what his show is about.
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“Saber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saber. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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