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Recent Examples of scalpel
This procedure — a new term to me — is low-risk, even though a scalpel figures prominently in it.
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Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
To be fair, Musk is using a chainsaw instead of a scalpel, but the intent is the same: eliminate waste and boost efficiency.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
And in this same shift, Santos has also accidentally stabbed Garcia with a scalpel, and confronted a patient who reminded her of her past trauma about being molested.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
But while a thunderous jackhammer of a policy disruption may be appealing, sometimes a mere scalpel will suffice.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
To be fair, Musk is using a chainsaw instead of a scalpel, but the intent is the same: eliminate waste and boost efficiency.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
And in this same shift, Santos has also accidentally stabbed Garcia with a scalpel, and confronted a patient who reminded her of her past trauma about being molested.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
But while a thunderous jackhammer of a policy disruption may be appealing, sometimes a mere scalpel will suffice.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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Brunson scored eight points in the game’s final 5:04, including a 3-pointer with 2:25 remaining that gave the Knicks a 116-104 lead and served as the dagger.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
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More symbolic may be the dagger tattoo on his left forearm.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The man didn’t threaten anyone with the knife and soon left.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Apple is not legally required to re-admit Fortnite, but the questions now are whether Apple is going to nitpick some specific thing to deny the app that caused all this, or whether Fortnite has somehow pushed the bounds of the results of the case to twist the knife even further.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The week before, another man high on meth armed with a machete threatened to chop the head off an employee’s three-year-old daughter.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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So our list of regenerative agricultural practices that are suitable for the coffee sector are, for instance, to cut the arms with the scissor and not with the machete.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To top off this two-piece of dress pants and blazer with a side pocket embellishment, Hathaway added a white poplin shirt and accessorized with stiletto sandals with gold accents to match her gold evening bag and the Versace emblem.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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The former fashion model, the first practicing Catholic to serve as first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy, attended the April 26 service in a double breasted coat dress paired with a traditional veil, gloves and black stilettos.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Several factors helped Mazin’s case then, but the black-and-white switchblade etched onto the showrunner’s forearm these days couldn’t have hurt.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lumsden and his attorney only have theories about what could have happened: Could there have been a customs issue importing the switchblades?—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by things including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
11 Apr. 2025
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Back on Lexington Common, British troops are sweeping forward, bayonets fixed.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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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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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpel. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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