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Recent Examples of crutch
Mary Todd Lincoln, amid her grief, grabbed the crutch of Spiritualism.
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
From ordering groceries to using AI to write for us, the digital world has become a facilitator but also a crutch.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
There’s a case to be made for smart systems acting as a safety net rather than a crutch.
—New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
But where other comics might lean on quantity as a crutch to compensate for quality, Kashian genuinely just has this much to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
From ordering groceries to using AI to write for us, the digital world has become a facilitator but also a crutch.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
There’s a case to be made for smart systems acting as a safety net rather than a crutch.
—New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
But where other comics might lean on quantity as a crutch to compensate for quality, Kashian genuinely just has this much to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crutch
Noun
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The stronger-than-expected report wiped out the chance of rate hikes, or even a single one, this year, and that had been a major prop to my bull case.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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This planet has a wide variety of aliens that come to life with a variety of prosthetics, makeup, props and costumes.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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