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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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The highest tier, which is $20.99 a month, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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After Cecilie reported Oscar, the police went to the Hoffmanns' house to seize the devices Oscar had access to.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Haley Pavone: The first thing that comes to mind is that small business owners like myself are really feeling like pawns in this trade war and we're feeling largely ignored.—
Rhett Buttle,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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In March, the pawn shop owner dropped the print off at the auction house, prosecutors said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Vulcan system consists of a conventional robotic arm with a custom spatula-like appendage for poking into a shelf and a sucker for grabbing items to pull them out.—
Will Knight,
Wired News,
7 May 2025
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At a time when the world seems increasingly divided into winners and losers, exploiters and suckers, Henry Johnson speaks with sardonic eloquence to our current moment in American life.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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About 150 students and 50 adults were evacuated from an elementary school in Maryland after hours of heavy rains driven by an atmospheric river caused major flooding in multiple eastern states.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Now, Medicaid is something that also drives and fuels rural health care.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
14 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
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Presidents, however, have wide leeway in setting refugee resettlement targets.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The Dutchman insisted there would be no problem convincing a target to join Liverpool, but that the fee involved could still be a stumbling block.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
17 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
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Through the tool, Michigan established clear feedback mechanisms, enabling students to help shape its ongoing development—a practice that builds both better technology and greater student buy-in.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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With these legal mechanisms in place, the Korean adoption system grew.—
Time,
Time,
15 May 2025
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“Tool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tool. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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