scimitar

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Recent Examples of scimitar All the members of the oryx family-the fringe-ear of Kenya and Tanzania; the Beisa of Kenya north of the Tana River, Somaliland, and Ethiopia; the white or scimitar-horned oryx of the Sahara desert-are traditionally tough and hard to kill. Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025 More than 500 of them, in fact, from native whitetail deer to yaks, scimitar oryx, and water buffalo. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025 For instance, some species were categorized as saber toothed, conical toothed, or scimitar toothed. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2024 There’s also a head-spinning number of high-flying and extremely athletic dance scenes — some with drums and veils, some with tap shoes, some with scimitars and some with dinner trays that hide pop-up surprises. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for scimitar
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Noun
  • However, some people have also pointed out that this could just be the game’s version of the regular steel broadsword.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Officers discovered a Subaru Outback parked near the Capitol in July with a rifle, a handgun, multiple knives, axes, a halberd, a rapier sword and a bow and arrow.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • As for what a fan might do with such a saber?
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026
  • In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
    Ben Coxworth May 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • But, as exciting as swords and dragons are, that’s not really what his show is about.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 6 July 2026

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“Scimitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scimitar. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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