as in develops
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 hammers out
There are a lot of quality hammers out there, but this Craftsman hammer from Amazon is both tough and affordable.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammers out
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These changes may influence the biological environment in which the brain develops, potentially affecting neural communication and resilience over time.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The company develops and makes products for civilian and military use, such as drone technologies used by Ukraine's armed forces in the fight against the Russian invasion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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So holding 18, 19, 20-year-old young men to those standards on a daily basis is what forges championship teams.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Pascal forges an ex-studio chief’s knowledge, relationships, and favors into big-budget commercial pictures.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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This creates an imbalance in how the beads can influence each other.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Jetz-Scrubz sponge (awkward to say, easy to use) quickly works up super fine suds from your dish soap, making for a very satisfying and effective cleaning experience.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Feb. 2026
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These stylistic parameters, however, feel established purely so the film can wrestle against them, which works up to a point.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Spread across 66,000 people, that works out to about $75 per person.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Assuming the Kickstarter works out, shipping is scheduled for December.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026
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Through patient observation, the project crafts an intimate portrait of a community at a turning point.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Gyllenhaal lovingly crafts this scarred, stapled and eccentric Bonnie and Clyde duo then tosses them into a landscape of curiosities that matches their weird.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Hammers out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammers%20out. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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