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Recent Examples of mace
The basalt tools include mace-type objects and anvils, which would have been utilized to crack and crush plant foods.
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Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
India have the taste for silverware and want a third crack at the World mace.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
India have the taste for silverware and want a third crack at the World mace.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission educators will provide cane poles, rods and reels, bait and tackle and offer fishing tips.—
Flip Putthoff,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
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Meanwhile sugar cane extract gently exfoliates while antioxidants to signs of aging, for overall more vibrant skin tone and improve elasticity.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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And don’t let me get started on shinin the nightstick.—
Sidik Fofana,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.—
Mark Jones,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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YoungBoy takes the baton and aims at his detractors.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 May 2025
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Nichols fled after being pulled from his car and was later subdued and struck repeatedly with fists, boots, a Taser and a baton.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2025
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Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
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There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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In the near term, countries can benefit from wielding trade as a cudgel.—
ALLISON CARNEGIE,
Foreign Affairs,
14 May 2025
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In other words, marketers who want to take advantage of the big playoff ratings are generally required to purchase regular-season inventory, although that’s not to say that the premium units are deployed as a cudgel to move the more quotidian spots.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 May 2025
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When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Todd Golden could cycle body after body in the paint to bludgeon opponents and wear them down over 40 minutes, and Condon and Rueben Chinyelu, the Gators’ two starters, were crucial parts of that rotation.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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While the sheer tonnage of entertainment inventory far outweighs the available opportunities in live sports, the money is rapidly shifting to where the balls, bats and pucks are.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
29 May 2025
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Moss, 42, was equally into the idea of bringing Bledel back right off the bat.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The rapper-producer enlisted Armand Hammer’s billy woods and Elucid, Open Mike Eagle, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, and Hanni El Khatib for Black Hole Superette.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2025
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Soothe your anxiety over murmurs of Radiohead activity by plunging into electronic veteran Mark Pritchard’s new full-length with Thom Yorke; ramp that anxiety up again with a sinister sci-fi concept album from the unstoppable billy woods.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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