as in batons
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools
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Recent Examples of canes
Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Repeating this cycle helps replace older canes with new, stronger growth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Since the goal is to remove most of the old stems, prune back thick remaining stems to new canes that develop lower on the stem over the next couple of years.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Raspberries have round, smooth canes (stems) and blackberry canes have ridges.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2026
Rehabilitative strategies that rely on multisensory processing could boost outcomes, such as using canes for mobility or auditory aids that allow the newly-sighted to simultaneously use cues from other senses while learning to see.
—Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
This will help the remaining canes and new stems have the room to grow more easily.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Repeating this cycle helps replace older canes with new, stronger growth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Since the goal is to remove most of the old stems, prune back thick remaining stems to new canes that develop lower on the stem over the next couple of years.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Raspberries have round, smooth canes (stems) and blackberry canes have ridges.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2026
Rehabilitative strategies that rely on multisensory processing could boost outcomes, such as using canes for mobility or auditory aids that allow the newly-sighted to simultaneously use cues from other senses while learning to see.
—Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canes
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The hospital's public safety officers were trained to use pepper gel, batons, and handcuffs.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Touches of green, the color Rolex drags out for all anniversary models, adorn the watch face, specifically the Rolex logo and the five-minute markers outside the batons around the outside of the dial.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2026
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The cardboard boxes the food is packaged in are also being resold online, with one user selling them for $15 each.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nick Phillips, with Applied Digital, said the tax exemption ban effectively boxes out data centers from building in South Dakota.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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Labin details the elaborate process of elimination that determines which socks to bring to the festival each year.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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The makeup department added scars to Shaynak’s knees and legs to reflect his character’s backstory, but the compression socks Shaynak wore were his own.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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With runners on the corners, Martinez whacks a two-run, RBI double to tie it at five.—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
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Then little Holly Wheeler and her 10-year-old friends, including the Season 5 favorite Derek (Jake Connelly), all swarm into the basement and take over the D&D table in a passing of the torch that basically whacks the audience over our collective heads.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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On instinct, Lindsay punches her in the face.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Seconds later, the man in a New York police vest punches the unidentified man in the face.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.—
Dmitri Pavlichin,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Aug. 2018
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“Canes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canes. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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