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as in device
an article intended for use in work
needed a special tool to open the case of the appliance
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as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
you're just a pathetic tool of the advertising industry if you believe everything you see in TV commercials
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Recent Examples of tool
Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
In 2021, the National Weather Center used the tool to move firefighters when a storm developed near a wildland fire outside Midland, Texas.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The fascia plate of the Gold Leaf Air Motion tweeter used in the speakers is tooled from a single piece of aerospace-grade aluminum.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The supplements are a crucial tool for averting malnutrition.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
In 2021, the National Weather Center used the tool to move firefighters when a storm developed near a wildland fire outside Midland, Texas.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Researchers were tooling around this second century Roman cemetery and found a body.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The fascia plate of the Gold Leaf Air Motion tweeter used in the speakers is tooled from a single piece of aerospace-grade aluminum.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tool
Noun
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On Easter Sunday, this paper contained an editorial that employed the same literary device: It was penned by an angel.—
Gwen Faulkenberry,
Arkansas Online,
21 Apr. 2025
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Plus, flash drives can be used to spread malware to other devices.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What began as economic policy is rapidly devolving into diplomatic grudge-holding, with everyday items becoming pawns in an escalating game of international spite.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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Each decision—something as seemingly small as moving a pawn—can shift the course of the entire game.—
Nuno Fernandes,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These stems, called suckers, are a different variety than the top growth and will have different flowers, as well as drawing energy and resources away from the main plant.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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Whatever the color, your boy Ethan Hunt is gonna hang on that sucker for dear life because he’s got things to do and a world to save yet again.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Ontario Home Builders’ Association warned last month that tariffs and counter-tariffs on steel and aluminum products would likely drive up the costs of construction materials, making building and buying new homes more expensive, worsening the housing affordability issue.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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As tariffs are expected to drive prices up, consumers may be tempted to buy ahead, even big-ticket items such as cars, laptops, smartphones or even homes.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Plopping down on its four landing legs, the spacecraft delivered ten science instruments and technology demonstration gear through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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During the Apollo missions, astronauts faced challenges from sharp, fine particles of lunar dust that clung to nearly everything, posing potential health risks while causing instrument malfunctions and allergy-like symptoms.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These observations are laying the groundwork for when Lucy encounters its first Trojan target, Eurybates, and its satellite Queta in 2027.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Entering Boston had been a target for Rick Allen, the company’s founder, for quite some time.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Those motoring to work in a Rolls-Royce aren’t being left out, either.—
Susan Campos,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Mar. 2025
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The plot is motored by their deft, defiant mouths.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pointer Authentication is a security mechanism designed to resist memory disclosure attacks, says Adam Boynton, senior security strategy manager EMEIA at Jamf told me.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 deal ensured through a number of mechanisms that Iran’s nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Tool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tool. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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