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
Google and NBCUniversal inked a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, keeping the networks on the service for now as the sides work to hammer out final terms.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Republicans, however, argue that there is still time to hammer out a deal on the subsidies.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and OpenAI said Monday that some details of the agreement are still being hammered out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
But behind the scenes, the utility was hammering out a deal with the Denver Broncos to sell 25 acres of its 36-acre campus.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Republicans, however, argue that there is still time to hammer out a deal on the subsidies.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and OpenAI said Monday that some details of the agreement are still being hammered out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
But behind the scenes, the utility was hammering out a deal with the Denver Broncos to sell 25 acres of its 36-acre campus.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammer out
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Those typically involve a winning team, which can forge indelible memories in the biggest curmudgeons among us.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the spirit of serving its community, the new theater has been designed to forge a sense of inclusion, according to Lythcott.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Any thunderstorms that develop could lead to higher wind gusts as well.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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In Mindhunter, the agent interviews Brudos — played by Anderson in season 1 of the series and in season 3 of Monster — to help develop profiling techniques for catching serial killers.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Beyond offering incentives to refer platforms to others, emerging apps have also created ways to bet alongside friends, setting up leaderboards and teams of other users.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 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.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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In traditional animation, a director crafts a story at storyboard phase trying to craft their story then hands it over to animation artists.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Other body parts were also scattered around the house — Gein had even made furniture out of human skin and crafted household items out of bones.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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