hammered out

past tense of hammer out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hammered out The details would be hammered out back in Washington, the people said. — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Home Depot has hammered out a deal to partner with one of its hometown sports franchises. — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026 If the parties can’t agree on terms, a valuation is usually hammered out via binding arbitration, and the existing distribution agreement remains in place until the payout is received. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 While the exact vision is yet to be hammered out, the core concept is to ensure the entire food story at the stadium is steeped in the Sacramento region’s farms, produce and makers. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 In 2011, former Time Warner Cable executives hammered out the 20-year agreement with the Lakers, then owned by the late Jerry Buss. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, Silver anticipates that a flurry of one-and-done provisional arrangements will be hammered out before the new campaign tips off in October. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026 If implemented, the framework agreement hammered out between Lebanon and Israel in June 2026 could serve as the most consequential agreement between the two countries in nearly 80 years. — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammered out
Verb
  • It’s developed by GuangYu Industrial, an engineering conglomerate based in Shenzhen, with over three decades of precision manufacturing expertise.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • SpaceX developed Starshield specifically for government and national security customers.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • For several decades, Republicans and Black Democrats forged alliances on state legislative and congressional redistricting plans.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • This is a process that scientists are keen to understand, as these explosions fling the heavy elements forged during the stars' lifetimes into surrounding galaxies.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • He feels emotionally ambushed, and what plays out is as if Marriage Story were an absolute chucklefest, as Lestat gets increasingly worked up and jealous over Louis’s relationships with other men.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • Church’s numinous-sun-over-still-water routine had begun to look a bit like a shtick, equally applicable to scenes of the Hudson or those worked up from 20-year-old sketches of South America.
    — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Treatments range from Han Therapy massages to Margy Monte-Carlo facials and VOYA treatments crafted from organic ingredients.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Meet the Camouflage watch, a creation inspired by Warhol’s Camouflage self-portraits, which the artist crafted in 1986.
    — Nicole Hoey for Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Hammered out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammered%20out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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