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Recent Examples of crutch
But the ubiquitous walls of video are a crutch in Cromer’s leaden production, creating a static disconnect between Clooney and the audience in moments that should feel the most urgently personal.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
These absences, these crutches so often used to share the team’s load, were only compounded by the woeful start that Leeds made.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Learning to deal with crutches and being limited as a person are just obstacles that need to be overcome the same way an attacker tries to score on his flank.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Work through each component yourself, using the structure as a guide rather than a crutch.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
These absences, these crutches so often used to share the team’s load, were only compounded by the woeful start that Leeds made.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Learning to deal with crutches and being limited as a person are just obstacles that need to be overcome the same way an attacker tries to score on his flank.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Work through each component yourself, using the structure as a guide rather than a crutch.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crutch
Noun
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Special props to our estimable colleague Betty Lin-Fisher, who provided valuable collaboration on today's edition.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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On the other hand, take more time to browse through the different spreads, totals, moneylines and props when using the safety net.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And what the project means by the term—turning the Department of Energy into a handmaiden of the coal, oil and natural gas industry—betrays not only the taxpayer but science itself.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2025
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Floridians are tired of being sacrificed to the gun lobby’s fanaticism and to the cynicism of its Tallahassee handmaidens.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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