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Recent Examples of scalpel
Trump tells Musk to swap chainsaw for scalpel Trump met Thursday with Musk and members of the Cabinet to discuss spending cuts.
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Trump recently announced an apparent curb to Musk’s authority, saying agency heads would oversee any workforce reductions, using a metaphorical scalpel, instead of a hatchet.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Two boys on a Manhattan subway platform were beaten and slashed with a scalpel by a group of muggers who stole the Nike Air Jordan sneakers off both victims’ feet, police said Tuesday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
While driving enthusiasts typically don’t seek the slightly heavier Cabriolet models, the additional mass is a moot point with the 911 T Cabriolet—mirroring its 911 siblings, the drop-top is a scalpel in the corners.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Trump recently announced an apparent curb to Musk’s authority, saying agency heads would oversee any workforce reductions, using a metaphorical scalpel, instead of a hatchet.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Two boys on a Manhattan subway platform were beaten and slashed with a scalpel by a group of muggers who stole the Nike Air Jordan sneakers off both victims’ feet, police said Tuesday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
While driving enthusiasts typically don’t seek the slightly heavier Cabriolet models, the additional mass is a moot point with the 911 T Cabriolet—mirroring its 911 siblings, the drop-top is a scalpel in the corners.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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The dagger is a metallurgical masterpiece that could be up to 2,500 years old, per the statement.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Threaten the rubber hand by attempting to stab it with a dagger, for instance, and the participants exhibit an involuntary startle or fear response.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Earlier that month, a 39-year-old man was hospitalized after he was shot by deputies in Oakland Park while armed with a knife.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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Seconds later, Sesma ran up with a knife and helped Yousif hold the suspect down.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, friends and classmates at Brentwood High School, were killed with a machete and a baseball bat by a group of young men and teenage boys who had stalked them from a car.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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Armed with machetes, protesters shouted slurs at government officials while attempting to head to the offices where the prime minister and members of the Transitional Presidential Council work.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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The argument turned violent when Grier brandished a pocketknife, then got a bayonet-style knife with a long blade, the release said.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) routinely confiscates a variety of objects from passengers, from pocketknives to high-end electronics.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Think of stiletto nails as almond nails’ cooler, edgier cousin.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
31 Mar. 2025
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Her stiletto nails were painted a neon yellow, and matched her pedicure.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In June 2021, Joel Arciniega-Saenz stabbed James Garcia 84 times and severed a finger with a switchblade before decapitating him, according to a March 5 news release by the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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Other Nixon advertisements showed images of urban riots, street crime and student protesters alongside pictures of rifles, switchblades and hypodermic needles.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For the occasion, the office of the local governor had prepared an elaborate ceremony, with a military band and an honor guard standing at attention, the bayonets of their rifles glinting in the sun.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Striking miners were astonished to discover soldiers from the U.S. Army disembarking from train cars, their bayonets glittering in the frosty air.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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