Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maces
Noun
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Ahead of the endorsement vote, Klobuchar supporters holding batons with flashing green lights dominated the convention floor.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026 -
Some used their batons to beat and push back protesters as the officers attempted to clear the roadway for vehicles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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The edible fruit can be used to make jelly, but watch for thorns on the shrub’s canes.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
27 May 2026
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More to Explore Many of the human props—canes, top hats, desks—used in primate taxidermy became unfashionable in the first half of the nineteenth century, but there were still throwbacks.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2026
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When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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While the conservative pushback and Trump’s cudgels are encouraging some companies to abandon formal DEI policies, analysts say an emphasis on diversity continues and is quietly evolving beneath the surface.—
William Becker,
The Hill,
11 Aug. 2025
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There’s Xi Jinping mogging Bibi Netanyahu while deafeningly aggro phonk bludgeons away; hype montages paint Marx as history’s greatest theorist and pair Zohran Mamdani quotes with Playboi Carti Die Lit cuts.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Yet, the team managed to beat up one of the best pitching staffs in the AL.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Van Gorder also brought the organization from the point of receiving votes of no confidence from its medical staffs to now having a genuine partnership in place between executive leaders and physicians, according to the news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The show will feature 350 cars and trucks of all eras, including Packards, Datsun, Nissan Z cars, Mustangs, T-Birds, Lowriders, Miatas, street rods and lots of Corvettes.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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If fishing rods are sticking up, lower them as well.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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“Maces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maces. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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