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as in tool
a person or thing that is used to produce a result
Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest.
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Recent Examples of weapon
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Prosecutors said tests run on that weapon tied it to shell casings from the March shooting.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Authorities have not said who owned the weapons the teenagers used in the attack.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Prosecutors said tests run on that weapon tied it to shell casings from the March shooting.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Verb
New England did make one wide receiver addition, bringing in former Buffalo Bills weapon Mack Hollins.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapon
Noun
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Hamas has also refused to disarm or decommission its weaponry, Mladenov said, a key element of the ceasefire plan upon which much of the future of Gaza rests.—
Dana Karni,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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While some missiles could take only a year or two to replace, such as precision strike missiles and joint air-to-surface standoff missiles, other more advanced weaponry could take much longer, according to the study released Wednesday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Systems thinking has become unavoidable, and art has become a crucial tool for making invisible systems legible—and for fighting back.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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Small businesses, despite their economic impact, underutilize AI, treating it merely as a chat tool disconnected from core operations like QuickBooks or HubSpot.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Malaysia inked a deal for the NSM anti-ship missile system in 2018 for Kongsberg to arm Malaysia’s new class of littoral combat ships under a broader naval modernization program.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The package was developed by Nissan's Motorsports & Customizing arm NMC and is technically more of a sleeper kit than a full camper van.—
C.C. Weiss
May 19,
New Atlas,
19 May 2026
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This acts as a shield to lock moisture in, preventing that precious water your humectants just gathered from evaporating into the room.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
28 May 2026
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Federal authorities used pepper spray, but some demonstrators came prepared with gas masks and shields.—
Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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By pairing two of nature’s most beloved, essential ingredients, each transforms the other to create an experience that has to be tasted to be believed.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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Fungicides labeled for powdery mildew include products containing the active ingredients chlorothalonil, myclobutanil, and propiconazole.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 May 2026
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Thanks to another recent update, owners of the premium edition of Tarkov can equip these on either faction.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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The sea drones equipped with sonar produce a picture of objects under the water such as fishing traps and pipelines.—
Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Henceforth, habeas corpus came to be used primarily as an instrument of federal oversight into state court decision making.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
Verb
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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The company will reequip its Amtrak Long Distance Network, considering ideas from as many as 10 manufacturers, according to Amtrak.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2023
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapon. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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