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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
Maggie Horton, People.com, 20 May 2025
In practice, the marketing language around these tools tends not to capture the ways that actual humans use them.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
David Henkin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Right now, there exists very few software tools, mostly open source by the Google team, providing early software tooling that technology teams need to start modeling.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The handy garden tool has racked up more than 44,000 perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 20 May 2025
In practice, the marketing language around these tools tends not to capture the ways that actual humans use them.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Verb
For Patients: Stay Informed: Research and understand which AI tools your healthcare providers are using.
—David Henkin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Right now, there exists very few software tools, mostly open source by the Google team, providing early software tooling that technology teams need to start modeling.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tool
Noun
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At that point, the OS will be fairly mature and connected to all the important devices.—
Daisuke Takimoto,
Wired News,
27 May 2025
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This method typically includes large volumes of granular data such as cookies, device IDs and timestamps across multiple channels.—
Rahul Wankhede,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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What follows across ten episodes are assassination attempts, uneasy alliances, and deft political manoeuvring as the regents use Blackthorne like a pawn.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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At that point, the Kremlin can use Iran as a pawn to make deals with other powers.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Noun
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In Israeli parlance, the prime minister is a freier—a sucker.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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My father never ever thought of himself as a sucker or a loser.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
Verb
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During my visit, Leal and I drove in his vintage Jeep to 1900 Barker, a coffee shop on Lawrence’s main drag.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The franchise has driven over half a billion hours of streams, with the original accounting for more than 280 hours.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Plenty of instruments from these two music legends have popped u at auction over the years.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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The federal government maintains about 200 ocean buoys, as well as gliders and other instruments that can measure what's happening below the surface of the ocean.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Tianwen 2 will arrive in orbit around the comet in 2035, then measure the target using its onboard instrument suite (all from afar; Tianwen-2 will not land on or sample 311P/PANSTARRS).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Orlando Sentinel Maxwell: Will Florida’s new U.S. attorney target corruption?—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
Verb
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The man appears to briefly lift the scooter away from the child’s leg, the child gets back on the scooter, and Miller eventually motors away.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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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
Noun
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Aid is now beginning to be distributed under a contentious U.S.-Israeli mechanism.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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These measures would fortify the collective power and deterrence of the United States’ alliances far beyond what is possible under today’s informal mechanisms.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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“Tool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tool. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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