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or sabre
as in broadsword
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Recent Examples of saber
Both sabers' Amazon reviews are similarly positive.
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 11 July 2025
The saber is in good condition, although the blade is slightly blunted and the original mother-of-pearl plates are re-glued, per the auction house.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Others in the comments maintained that the saber was actually orange (wielding color wheels to make their points), and more modern Star Wars entries see the benevolent Jedi using such sabers.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025
The light side of the force is almost always seen using blue or green sabers, outside of a few exceptions.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 May 2025
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 11 July 2025
The saber is in good condition, although the blade is slightly blunted and the original mother-of-pearl plates are re-glued, per the auction house.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Others in the comments maintained that the saber was actually orange (wielding color wheels to make their points), and more modern Star Wars entries see the benevolent Jedi using such sabers.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025
The light side of the force is almost always seen using blue or green sabers, outside of a few exceptions.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saber
Noun
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With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
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In 2019, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas stabbed the balloon of sky-high expectations of his candidacy with a broadsword of a meltdown in Miami.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Although scaled down in cast and production size to fit the 194-seat Solana Beach theater, this rollicking comedy has lost none of it rapier wit and sass.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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After signing for Liverpool, the rapier striker impressed on her debut season in the Women’s Super League.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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As the stress builds with each successive rep, the scimitars swing loose, missing him.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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In contrast to most Final Destination deaths, in which any number of innocuous objects could, and often do, possess the potential for danger, there’s only one in Lewis’s case that’s repeatedly emphasized — two scimitars hanging on the gym wall above him.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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In Dune, Momoa's character is the sword master and mentor to Timothée Chalamet's character, Paul Atreides.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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The detailed survey revealed, among other things, an extensive hull structure, multiple iron cannons, swords, muskets, copper cauldrons and some sealed chests whose contents remain unknown, Historic England said in a press release.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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“Saber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saber. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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