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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 hammered out
The agreement is light on details related to Iran’s nuclear program, which will be hammered out in technical negotiations over a 60-day period.
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
So once a new CBA is hammered out, expansion talk should get moved to the forefront.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Arsenal completed a deal for Martin Zubimendi, the broad terms of which had been hammered out almost a full year prior.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
The final spending plan will be hammered out between the mayor and the Council before the July 1 start of the 2027 fiscal year.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The final compensation for top WBD executives when the merger deal closes has yet to be hammered out, but Zaslav and others are in line to get nine-figure payouts.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
For such stories to work, each contradiction has to be hammered out, variables accounted for, and plot holes filled and covered with grass.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
However, a binding agreement hammered out with residents more than 20 years ago limits building heights, which would prevent them from adding two stories at Anderson Parking without eliminating the building’s rooftop observatory.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
Denver reached out to Trautman on Sunday afternoon and an agreement got hammered out in a matter of hours.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
So once a new CBA is hammered out, expansion talk should get moved to the forefront.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Arsenal completed a deal for Martin Zubimendi, the broad terms of which had been hammered out almost a full year prior.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
The final spending plan will be hammered out between the mayor and the Council before the July 1 start of the 2027 fiscal year.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The final compensation for top WBD executives when the merger deal closes has yet to be hammered out, but Zaslav and others are in line to get nine-figure payouts.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
For such stories to work, each contradiction has to be hammered out, variables accounted for, and plot holes filled and covered with grass.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
However, a binding agreement hammered out with residents more than 20 years ago limits building heights, which would prevent them from adding two stories at Anderson Parking without eliminating the building’s rooftop observatory.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
Denver reached out to Trautman on Sunday afternoon and an agreement got hammered out in a matter of hours.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammered out
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But after months of acrimony, the two have developed a surprisingly friendly public relationship despite maintaining deep ideological differences.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Rebekah and their four children never developed symptoms.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Burnham has led the Greater Manchester region since 2017, overseeing rapid regeneration for the city where the Industrial Revolution was forged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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The hardliners have emerged with their hands on the levers of power and battlefield command, and their supporters now flood Iran’s streets with daily rallies celebrating a newfound legitimacy forged through surviving the US-Israeli assault.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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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.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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The dam is one of three that created the boating and fishing lake in the early 1900s.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
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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
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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
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The loafer style is crafted with black napa leather with metallic eyelets, and a short black heel.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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The answer lies with a process legislators crafted almost two decades ago.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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