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Recent Examples of gavel
When Trump signed the bill into law on July 4, Johnson gave the President a memento to mark the triumph: his Speaker’s gavel.
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
After the auctioneer’s gavel fell at 7 million euros — meaning that, after fees, a then-anonymous telephone buyer would pay the equivalent of $10.1 million for the bag — cheers broke out.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Jewels from Bulgari, Harry Winston and Van Cleef & Arpels will go under the gavel, as will furniture and art from Frederick Carl Frieseke, Edward Henry Potthast and William Merritt Chase, among others.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
Eckhardt continued reading her statement while Campbell attempted to stop her several times before banging the gavel.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
After the auctioneer’s gavel fell at 7 million euros — meaning that, after fees, a then-anonymous telephone buyer would pay the equivalent of $10.1 million for the bag — cheers broke out.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Jewels from Bulgari, Harry Winston and Van Cleef & Arpels will go under the gavel, as will furniture and art from Frederick Carl Frieseke, Edward Henry Potthast and William Merritt Chase, among others.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
Eckhardt continued reading her statement while Campbell attempted to stop her several times before banging the gavel.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
Noun
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During the argument, Martin grabbed a hammer from Lawson that Lawson had been using to repair a patio door and raised it above his head in a striking motion, Lawson said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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Slaves, serfs, peasants, and wage workers mostly understood that what was being struck was a hammer blow on their behalf.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This also prevents your meat mallet from getting dirty as well.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 Aug. 2025
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Security footage also captured him near a drainage ditch where police found a rubber mallet and cell phone.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Yes, Tech is the Waffle House version of Iowa, a Southern sledgehammer.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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This ruling takes a sledgehammer to an already overstretched health care network, and Mainers statewide will feel the effects of defunding Maine Family Planning, regardless of their insurance status.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors said Korosa, who was wearing a walking boot on his foot and using a cane, struck the man on his back and head with the cane, causing the man to fall down the stairs and drop the boy.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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That's when Korosa allegedly hit Soria with a cane, causing Soria and Flores to plummet down the stairs.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.—
Hansel Alejandro Aguilar,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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