as in blade
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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Recent Examples of sword
The cabin in the woods might be gone, replaced with a Ray Harryhausen–style swords-and-sandals epic, but Army of Darkness retains all of the gonzo energy of the previous Evil Dead.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Codified in peacetime, the discipline of the battlefield became the discipline of character, bringing the same rigor to both the sword and the brush.
—Richard P. Weigand, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
So who were the fall-on-the-sword players for Survivor 50?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Lind, left impaled through the torso by a samurai sword, fatally shot Borhanian in self-defense.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Codified in peacetime, the discipline of the battlefield became the discipline of character, bringing the same rigor to both the sword and the brush.
—Richard P. Weigand, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
So who were the fall-on-the-sword players for Survivor 50?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Lind, left impaled through the torso by a samurai sword, fatally shot Borhanian in self-defense.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sword
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In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the S-blade, combine the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, chickpeas, tahini, brown sugar and vanilla.—
Virginia Willis,
AJC.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Hard to reach places like ceiling fan blades and the tops of your door probably need dusting.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
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South Korean seafood distributor Dongwon Industries and steel manufacturer Posco Holdings have both publicly expressed interest in acquiring the ocean carrier, but both companies said in January no decision has been made.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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By the time Alex Honnold finished pulling himself up the 1,667-foot glass-and-steel facade of Taipei 101, the athleticism and fearlessness of his feat were viscerally unmistakable to anyone who had been tuning in to Netflix’s live broadcast for the past 90-plus minutes.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sword. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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