as in pawn
one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another
these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers
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Noun
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Consumers should check the spot price of gold online before hawking their gold at a pawn shop or online marketplace like Alloy or Express Gold Cash, Kristof said.—
Jessica Dickler,Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025 -
Officials did not name the auction house or the pawn shop.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This capability—combined with tools like protein folding simulations—has opened the door to faster, more efficient drug development pipelines.—
Tomoko Yokoi,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Short passwords — think six or eight characters — can be cracked in minutes by modern hacking tools.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Cat's-paw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%27s-paw. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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