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Recent Examples of scalpel
Think of ordinary tongs as a cleaver, and a Stando as a scalpel.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The issue is that what Brazil often require is a scalpel.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Satter’s work is always adventurous and scalpel-sharp, a natural fit for this story of obsession and loneliness, beauty and cruelty and killer wigs.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The issue is that what Brazil often require is a scalpel.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Satter’s work is always adventurous and scalpel-sharp, a natural fit for this story of obsession and loneliness, beauty and cruelty and killer wigs.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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Round Rock put in the dagger in the 70th minute when Carlee Deegan flicked a pass to Hernandez who made a nifty move to get free, then blasted a shot from 14 yards out, middle pitch, to give the Dragons a 3-1 lead.—
Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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As The Athletic’s Ian O’Connor wrote, Mullins’ 35-foot dagger was a singular feat of March Madness.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Each board comes with spread containers, bowls and a cheese knife.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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And in San Diego County, 34-year-old Grant Parker fatally stabbed a man outside a downtown hotel in February while on diversion for threatening to kill his mother with a knife, carjacking and attacking a cellmate.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Man with machete attacked three people at the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station Saturday morning before police fatally shot him.—
Julie Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Griffin’s machete was recovered at the scene.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Police say Mendez-Marin was found with blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife at the scene.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The $50 top features a small, red stiletto with the franchise's pitchfork heel embroidered on the chest.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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And while Avignone sported an all-white uniform in a turtleneck and silk skirt with black accessories, Swift broke hers up with a simple black tank top, stiletto sandals, and Dior's Small 30 Montaigne Avenue Top Handle Bag.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Apart from the optical glass inside, the XC 13-33mm is all plastic, even the bayonet mount that attaches to the camera.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some vehicles, however, have a bayonet-type attachment that uses two screws to hold the wiper in place.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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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 15 Apr. 2026.
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