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Recent Examples of gavel
But the combination of outside factors — including the fact Trump won’t be on the ticket to help Republicans in the midterms — still puts Democrats in striking distance of the Speaker’s gavel.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
Brunson then banged her gavel and said the meeting was adjourned.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
There's no set list, but some popular items include a gavel for a judge, a mic for a performer, a book for a scholar, money for an entrepreneur, or a stethoscope for a doctor.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After the auctioneer’s gavel fell at 7 million euros — meaning that, after fees, a then-anonymous telephone buyer would pay the equivalent of $10.1 million for the bag — cheers broke out.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
Brunson then banged her gavel and said the meeting was adjourned.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
There's no set list, but some popular items include a gavel for a judge, a mic for a performer, a book for a scholar, money for an entrepreneur, or a stethoscope for a doctor.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After the auctioneer’s gavel fell at 7 million euros — meaning that, after fees, a then-anonymous telephone buyer would pay the equivalent of $10.1 million for the bag — cheers broke out.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
Noun
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Rookie Jihaad Campbell already resembles an NFL hammer who can team up with Zack Baun, an All-Pro at linebacker last year.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Who composes a symphony with a hammer?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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They’re placed on or next to the body and struck with a mallet to release a calming vibration and mellifluous tone that eases muscles, sparking an immediately soothing effect on the nervous system and improving synaptic responses in the brain.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Wasuwan probed her model’s back and shoulders with a long bamboo stick, then tapped a block with a mallet on her stomach, producing a look of agonized bliss.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yes, Tech is the Waffle House version of Iowa, a Southern sledgehammer.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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This ruling takes a sledgehammer to an already overstretched health care network, and Mainers statewide will feel the effects of defunding Maine Family Planning, regardless of their insurance status.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Under the baton of Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green, the Charlotte Symphony will be joined by Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra of the Sphinx Organization, a national non-profit organization based in Detroit.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Reuters reported that police used water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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