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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
No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
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Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency told AP that rescue teams were using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers and circular saws, as well as their bare hands on occasion, to find the 14 students still missing.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Today, the Nemo Power Tools product line encompasses underwater drills, rotary hammers, angle grinders, reciprocating saws, impact drivers, hull cleaners, and even a 15,000-lumen underwater floodlight.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Specialized saws then slice this pillar of semiconducting purity into wafers less than 1 millimeter thick.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Other recurring themes include wild animal attacks, leaders taking axes and saws to oil pipes and vehicles made of fruit.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s also two bone saws for easier deboning.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Students with special needs learned how to use band saws, jigsaws, sanders, laser engravers and other power tools with the help of their peers who are taking Jeff Cassidy’s woodworking classes this semester.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency told AP that rescue teams were using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers and circular saws, as well as their bare hands on occasion, to find the 14 students still missing.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Today, the Nemo Power Tools product line encompasses underwater drills, rotary hammers, angle grinders, reciprocating saws, impact drivers, hull cleaners, and even a 15,000-lumen underwater floodlight.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Specialized saws then slice this pillar of semiconducting purity into wafers less than 1 millimeter thick.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Other recurring themes include wild animal attacks, leaders taking axes and saws to oil pipes and vehicles made of fruit.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s also two bone saws for easier deboning.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Students with special needs learned how to use band saws, jigsaws, sanders, laser engravers and other power tools with the help of their peers who are taking Jeff Cassidy’s woodworking classes this semester.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saws
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The Workers’ Party of Korea is the sole ruling party of North Korea, blending communism with the words, sayings and ideals of the Kim dynasty, who have imposed their authoritarian rule on the country for three generations.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
9 Oct. 2025
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Little sayings like that get you through the rough patches.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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The lyrics, some inspired by proverbs and biblical passages, convey the fervor of his first love with God, without losing his personal touch.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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Reading Proverbs did not manage to enlighten me to the possibility that my parents’ rules were devised in my best interest.—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of a conversation that spanned more than a million words and 300 hours, the bot encouraged Brooks to adopt grandiose beliefs, validated his delusions, and led him to believe the technological infrastructure that underpins the world was in imminent danger.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The reports of children being able to distinguish between similar-sounding words and recognizing speech in noisy environments were the most exciting part of the paper for Nancy Young, who founded the Lurie Children’s Cochlear Implant program.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Saws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saws. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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