as in blade
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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Recent Examples of sword
The great Victor Wembanyama so holistically beat one of the NBA’s great competitors to the point of publicly laying down his sword.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Eventually, face masks and lightweight swords gave us a taste of the back-and-forth ‘combat’ that define the sport.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Man on a hike uncovers gold sword relic hidden under tree.
—FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Nolan instructed Göransson not to use an orchestra in the score, if only to subvert expectations for a swords-and-sandals film.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Eventually, face masks and lightweight swords gave us a taste of the back-and-forth ‘combat’ that define the sport.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Man on a hike uncovers gold sword relic hidden under tree.
—FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Nolan instructed Göransson not to use an orchestra in the score, if only to subvert expectations for a swords-and-sandals film.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sword
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In March, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California completed tests on rotor designs that could be used to fly those drones, spinning the experimental helicopter blades fast enough for their tips to exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound).—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
17 May 2026
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Instead, Sydney Lohmann opted to go for goal instead of laying it off, reducing Shaw to toeing the blades of grass beneath her and pondering what might have been.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Badly run local governments, keen to massage numbers as well as find avenues for the huge oversupply of concrete and steel, compounded the problem.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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There were several matches that featured fireworks, TV quality productions, multiple champions and even a steel cage match to cap the night.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sword. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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