hammered out

past tense of hammer out

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Recent Examples of hammered out 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 Unions and the Newsom administration hammered out new agreements, which included several provisions to help cut down on California’s employee compensation costs. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 Even as the compromise was being hammered out, Carr made another significant find on a separate Related project site between the bay and Brickell Avenue. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 The other details that will need to be hammered out. Josh Feldman, NBC news, 19 June 2026 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. Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammered out
Verb
  • Questions remain about how many people developed health problems linked to the dust.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The technology is also being developed with manufacturability in mind.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The look was one of many red carpet moments between the designer and actress who’s forged a bond over big dreams, fantasy and an enduring childlike wonder that continues to inform their work.
    Kathy Lee, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Like many others in Kyiv, the couple decided the attacks would not derail their lives and forged ahead with the ceremony.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The use of chemical weapons would add to mounting human rights abuses and atrocities by both sides in a war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In May 2020, Naming the Lost, a public art project, created temporary memorials to casualties in all five boroughs.
    Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 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
  • The artwork is crafted in the shape of a phoenix, an immortal, mythological bird that dies in flames before being reborn from the ashes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Based in Norfolk, Virginia, the duo behind Art & Forge has crafted an entire ecosystem around hardware.
    Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Hammered out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammered%20out. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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