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Recent Examples of scalpel
Think of ordinary tongs as a cleaver, and a Stando as a scalpel.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The issue is that what Brazil often require is a scalpel.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Satter’s work is always adventurous and scalpel-sharp, a natural fit for this story of obsession and loneliness, beauty and cruelty and killer wigs.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The issue is that what Brazil often require is a scalpel.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Satter’s work is always adventurous and scalpel-sharp, a natural fit for this story of obsession and loneliness, beauty and cruelty and killer wigs.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Owen Caissie hit a changeup from Victor Vodnik, sending it 394 feet and over the right-center field wall for a two-run dagger to the Rockies’ heart.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Granville’s exploits included skiing over the Carpathian mountains during the war to deliver microfilms with cyanide sewed into her skirts and a hunting knife tucked into her trousers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Police said the deputies were telling the suspect to drop the knife.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Video footage of the brutal attack showed the gang killing the child with multiple weapons, including a kitchen knife and a machete.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Jordan attacked two hikers with a machete in 2019.—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When police arrived at the scene, Mendez-Marin had blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife on him, officials said.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 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
Noun
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Her eight-inch stilettos proved to be a bit of an issue though.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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At Dior, jeans wide and relaxed with aged washed or straight and ending neatly above stilettos.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 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
Noun
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The lens ships with a petal-style hood that ratchets on or off the front bayonet with a twist and can be reversed for easier storage and transport, front and rear caps, and a drawstring pouch.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 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
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.—
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 6 Apr. 2026.
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