jawboned; jawboning; jawbones
: to speak forcefully and persuasively to
jawboned them into accepting the deal
: to talk especially forcefully and persuasively
jawboning about the tax cuts
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The discovery was made after reexamining a jawbone that had been in an academic collection for nearly a century.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
There should also be accountability for government officials that jawboned social media companies like Facebook into censoring Americans’ protected speech.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Olsen’s dental team also had to rebuild her jawbone with cadaver bone grafts, wire her jaw shut, remove broken teeth, and stabilize ones that became loose.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The discovery was made after reexamining a jawbone that had been in an academic collection for nearly a century.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Apple's action has reignited the debate about what's known as jawboning, when government officials censor speech through intimidation and threats.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
There should also be accountability for government officials that jawboned social media companies like Facebook into censoring Americans’ protected speech.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Jawbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jawbone. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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jawbone
noun
jaw·bone
ˈjȯ-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn 
: jaw sense 1
especially
: mandible
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