HAMMERING OUT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

hammering out

verb

present participle of hammer out

as in grinding (out)

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 hammering out Aponte’s predecessor Kevin Abrams was the Giants‘ salary cap lead in previous years, most memorably hammering out the early versions of Daniel Jones’ contract extension in the lobby of the JW Marriott here in March 2023. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 Artificial intelligence, real money When actors and studios arrived at the bargaining table this week to start hammering out the next SAG-AFTRA contract, a key figure in the conversation was not in the room. —

Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026 The mayor has faced challenges with hammering out a compromise between the Black and Latino caucuses for the influential role; now Lawson, who is white, could be poised to clinch the spot. —

Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026 The statement said that Patagonia and Pattie Gonia—who uses female pronouns—spent several years hammering out an agreement over the activist’s use of the brand’s name. —

Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026 Following Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to the Kremlin in early December, a flurry of high-level diplomacy involving Zelensky and European leaders ensued, with much talk about hammering out the finer points of a potential agreement. —

Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025 Lawmakers have gone home for the holidays without hammering out a resolution to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies as tensions flare amid health care negotiations. —

The Hill Staff, The Hill, 22 Dec. 2025 Similarly, structured equity entails hammering out a capital solution specific to each company; there is no formulaic approach. —

Mike Terwilliger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 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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Now, in its third life as the Experimental Group’s second Balearic bolthole (the first being the Menorca Experimental), and a decade after the group opened its hugely popular Experimental Beach Club at southern Ibiza's Ses Salinas, the brand is slowly forging its footing on the White Isle.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
Hema listened to jazz music and attended dance concerts, forging intentional connections with Chicago’s modern dance scene — including a decades-long kinship with the Dance Center’s founder, Shirley Mordine.

— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026