as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long
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Recent Examples of syringe
Testing of the syringe, which had fallen to the ground when Kazmierczak was tackled, showed a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar.
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
After the prayers, the vet techs went behind the whale and injected it with a long syringe.
—Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
But Larissa, a nurse always at the ready with syringe full of sedatives, is inflexible about Katie remaining at home.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors accused Gerhardt Konig of trying to kill his wife by attempting to inject her with a mysterious syringe and shove her off a cliff.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
After the prayers, the vet techs went behind the whale and injected it with a long syringe.
—Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
But Larissa, a nurse always at the ready with syringe full of sedatives, is inflexible about Katie remaining at home.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors accused Gerhardt Konig of trying to kill his wife by attempting to inject her with a mysterious syringe and shove her off a cliff.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syringe
needle
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Republican political consultants are skeptical that Paxton’s place on the ballot sways the needle for Democrats.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
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Just how the court will thread that needle remains to be seen.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
9 June 2026
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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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