as in to forge
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists
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Recent Examples of hammer out
Following weeks of escalating tensions, Beijing and Washington agreed in May to suspend the hefty duties and loosen several punitive measures imposed in April, as both sides continued to work on hammering out a durable deal.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
After that, the two sides need to hammer out a new deal.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Aidan Hutchinson is still on his rookie deal, and Detroit will need to pay a top-of-the-market rate when the time comes to hammer out the former Michigan star's second contract.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
When labor and management in Connecticut hammer out an agreement, there’s a strong expectation from arbitrators and the courts that these agreements will be put into practice.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
After that, the two sides need to hammer out a new deal.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Aidan Hutchinson is still on his rookie deal, and Detroit will need to pay a top-of-the-market rate when the time comes to hammer out the former Michigan star's second contract.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
When labor and management in Connecticut hammer out an agreement, there’s a strong expectation from arbitrators and the courts that these agreements will be put into practice.
—Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammer out
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And the Assembly class of 1990 forged close friendships across party lines that endure 35 years later.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Ben Hania counters that silence, not with an explicit argument but with an experience, a movie forged in the universal and very specific language of the single-location thriller.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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In July, Anthropic was awarded a Pentagon contract to develop national security AI capabilities.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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These are all features developed by the building’s original creators, the Miami firm of Steward-Skinner and Associates, prominent architects of the time also responsible for the design of the Miami Seaquarium and MIA’s first jet-age terminal.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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When interviewed by officers, Burns admitted to creating multiple social media accounts to distribute and receive child pornography, including files of prepubescent children, the release states.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Podiatrists crafted them specifically to solve the lack of arch support in most shoes.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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In crafting Christy, the biopic of boxer Christy Salters Martin that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, director David Michôd and his co-writer Mirrah Foulkes wanted to hew as close to the real-life story as possible.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammer%20out. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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