Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpels
Noun
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Sam Hauser hit three of those six daggers early in the fourth and Derrick White hit two.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
20 Dec. 2025 -
Played with underdog vulnerability by the British actor, Father Jud opens his arms to everyone and gets daggers in return.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Authorities later recovered two knives near his body.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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So it was decreed that the cutting edges of knives should be turned towards their owners, thus symbolizing their peaceful intent.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 Nov. 2025
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Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Box cutters, pocketknives, Swiss Army knives, and utility knives can cause a hold-up at security checkpoints, and you won’t be allowed to take them on the plane in your carry-on.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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The vessel is the only active Coast Guard unit in Orange County and is one of seven cutters that operate in the Coast Guard’s Southern California fleet.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Scalpels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpels. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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