Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maces
Noun
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No bags, glass or metal water bottles, bats/batons, bicycles or scooters, chairs or coolers will be allowed in the event.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026 -
In all, 1,900 volunteer marshals, most from the East End and equipped with yellow batons, seem to be cherishing their assignments.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
16 June 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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Jung, who is going into his senior year of high school, said SmartBlink can detect pedestrians using wheelchairs, crutches or canes, too.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Additionally, the researchers did not specify the exact dropout rates or detail how the routine might affect seniors who already relied on assistive devices like walkers or canes.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 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
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The news and editorial staffs of the Sun Sentinel had no role in this post’s preparation.—
Ascend Agency,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
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Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies have spent the last several seasons building one of the deepest pitching staffs in the National League.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Traditional reactors use solid uranium fuel rods cooled by water under high pressure.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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The ultrasonic transmitters emitted these sound waves through the rods, which interact acoustically via the epoxy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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“Maces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maces. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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