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gavel

noun

Definition of gavel

as in hammer

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Recent Examples of gavel During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 The gavel price also makes the vehicle one of the most expensive cars ever sold at auction. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026 The work, depicting a judge in a wig striking a protester with a gavel, has cost Britain’s Ministry of Justice $67,000 in removal efforts so far, with another $48,000 spent on security and staff overtime while the work stayed up. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Sheindlin is officially passing the gavel to her son, Judge Adam Levy, in Adam’s Law. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gavel

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Noun

To break down a plastic bottle, science doesn’t need a hammer, but a microscopic scalpel.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The leaf design was surprisingly complicated and required many trips to the forge and a power hammer to get it just right.

— Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of hammer

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Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Whatever is decided in November, Sterling has taken a sledgehammer to his own reputation.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sledgehammer

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Her granddaughter Susan Crater, a Georgetown Law School graduate and former lawyer, picked up the baton, brought the archives to the marketplace and started textiles and wall covering firm Sister Parish Designs in 2000.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
In July, Manila accused Chinese forces of firing water cannons at government vessels near Scarborough Shoal and striking a Philippine Navy staff member in the head with a wooden baton during an encounter at Second Thomas Shoal.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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