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an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day
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Recent Examples of saws
By Jason Mackey Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PALM BEACH GARDENS — The pop of a catcher’s mitt mixed with saws screeching and hammers pounding provides an appropriate soundtrack inside Paul Skenes’ offseason workout facility, a baseball-lover’s paradise and an encapsulation of his unique personality.
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Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Walt’s crew did not record sound, so Foley artists at Skywalker Sound recreated the audio of tractors, hammers, saws, trowels and paddlewheels that accompany the images.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
This prototype takes the Cybertruck’s hand-vac-like profile and saws it off even further, leaving behind something resembling a Transformer’s footwear.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 7 Jan. 2026
Use the board for easy-to-hang items like saws, scissors, hammers, and pliers.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
The saws were likely delivered by drones, Caracotch said following the escape, with several individuals already sentenced over drone deliveries to the same jail.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The stock market has good years and bad years, but Americans still invest billions of dollars amid the see-saws.
—Will Dunham, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
Television reports showed rescue personnel using jackhammers, circular saws, farm tools and sometimes their bare hands to dig in areas of thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Walt’s crew did not record sound, so Foley artists at Skywalker Sound recreated the audio of tractors, hammers, saws, trowels and paddlewheels that accompany the images.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
This prototype takes the Cybertruck’s hand-vac-like profile and saws it off even further, leaving behind something resembling a Transformer’s footwear.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 7 Jan. 2026
Use the board for easy-to-hang items like saws, scissors, hammers, and pliers.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
The saws were likely delivered by drones, Caracotch said following the escape, with several individuals already sentenced over drone deliveries to the same jail.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The stock market has good years and bad years, but Americans still invest billions of dollars amid the see-saws.
—Will Dunham, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
Television reports showed rescue personnel using jackhammers, circular saws, farm tools and sometimes their bare hands to dig in areas of thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saws
Noun
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So, as media day unfolded Saturday, the coach offered a flow of cliches and sayings.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
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The Allen family has several sayings.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For nine months, Erasmus spent his short nights in a modest dorm and his long days in the print shop, expanding on his collection of proverbs Adagiorum chiliades while Aldus proofread, craftsman carefully laying sets of print and rolling paper through the press.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Includes quirky facts, adages, advice, quotes and proverbs, as well as articles about mistletoe, bird nests, perennials, timekeeping, recipes and more.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The two appeared to exchange words while walking toward security, with Richardson still nudging him and appearing to reach for his face.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Still, his words require considerable decoding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Saws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saws. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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