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
Arielle, a nuclear engineer, took the stand last week and told the jury Gerhardt allegedly tried to push her off a cliff and inject her with a syringe before bashing her head with a rock during the hike atop the 1,200-foot-high lookout.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
In his testimony Wednesday, Gerhardt Konig denied having had a syringe with him.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
In Blanche on the Lam, one of the serial killer’s murder weapons is an empty syringe.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Now people can visit this new retail location in Pinckney and purchase a kit, which comes with a syringe of the mushroom variety and instructions on how to grow mushrooms.
—Elle Meyers, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
In his testimony Wednesday, Gerhardt Konig denied having had a syringe with him.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
In Blanche on the Lam, one of the serial killer’s murder weapons is an empty syringe.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Now people can visit this new retail location in Pinckney and purchase a kit, which comes with a syringe of the mushroom variety and instructions on how to grow mushrooms.
—Elle Meyers, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syringe
needle
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And Cora is so good at threading needles on these issues, as in communicating his wishes without insulting this or that player.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The tower was designed by the British architecture firm RMJM and features a twisting glass façade that spirals upward into a needle-like spire.—
Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe,
Architectural Digest,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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