as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled
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Recent Examples of baton
Lewis was a professional baton twirler and later an actress in commercials.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Around the time Loftus took the baton, a notice of extreme heat emergency was posted for Portland and the surrounding county.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The next-man-up baton hanged hands several times, from Josh Reynolds at the outset of the season, through a midseason surge from Vele to a strong finishing kick from Marvin Mims, Jr.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Jayden Daniels handed off the baton along with the keys to the LSU offense ahead of the ReliaQuest Bowl following the 2023 regular season.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Around the time Loftus took the baton, a notice of extreme heat emergency was posted for Portland and the surrounding county.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
The next-man-up baton hanged hands several times, from Josh Reynolds at the outset of the season, through a midseason surge from Vele to a strong finishing kick from Marvin Mims, Jr.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Jayden Daniels handed off the baton along with the keys to the LSU offense ahead of the ReliaQuest Bowl following the 2023 regular season.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baton
cane
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As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Baton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baton. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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