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Recent Examples of scalpel
The arms of the robot can hold a camera, scalpel, clamps, graspers and other essential tools.
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Novant Health, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
Lee gladly accepted Rozz’s challenge and drew a near-replica of Eddie wielding a bloody scalpel, just like the cover of Killers.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Existing technologies to isolate cells often do so by sawing small pieces off of a larger tissue chunk with a scalpel or razor, potentially damaging the cells so they can no longer be studied properly.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
The city doesn’t need a hammer, but a scalpel.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
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Novant Health, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
Lee gladly accepted Rozz’s challenge and drew a near-replica of Eddie wielding a bloody scalpel, just like the cover of Killers.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Existing technologies to isolate cells often do so by sawing small pieces off of a larger tissue chunk with a scalpel or razor, potentially damaging the cells so they can no longer be studied properly.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
The city doesn’t need a hammer, but a scalpel.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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Maye suffered six sacks and committed three turnovers, including a fourth-quarter interception that linebacker Uchenna Nwosu returned 44 yards for a dagger touchdown.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Dressed ominously in brown combat garb with black leather gloves and a hunting knife strapped to her back, the German actress tries several takes as rush hour revs up.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Using scissors, or knives that aren’t sharp may crush the vascular tissue and prevent the flowers from taking up water, leading to faster decline.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The suspect continued to walk toward an officer with the machete, and the officer fired his weapon.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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Security cameras showed the suspect swinging the machete and breaking the glass front door.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Investigators said Moore approached Loncharich in a store aisle and stabbed her in the back with a pocketknife.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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Christian Louboutin released their Pigalle stiletto in the fall 2004 collection.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The city has a glam reputation, but no one is actually wearing toothpick-thin stilettos like on Emily in Paris, especially in the winter.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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The organization Knife Rights and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in 2023 in San Diego federal court challenging California’s switchblade prohibition.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Davis stabbed the father eight times with a switchblade in the stomach, face, neck and arm, and the victim’s wife called 911, prosecutors said.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The law prohibits the sale and distribution of screw-base and bayonet-base compact fluorescent lamps.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpel. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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