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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
Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
By providing infantry with protection against enemy arrows and ranged weapons, an army could advance without suffering heavy losses.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 1 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
Belarus, a close ally of the Kremlin, has allowed Russia to use its territory as a staging ground to send troops into Ukraine and to host some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
By providing infantry with protection against enemy arrows and ranged weapons, an army could advance without suffering heavy losses.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 1 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
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The volunteer dive team spent three years searching for the wreckage, eventually confirming its identity with the help of the Coast Guard Historians Office, which provided historical records, technical data and archival images of the ship's wheel, bell, deck fittings and weaponry.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Back in 2008, Putin explained why Russia was bringing the tanks-and-missiles show back to Red Square in the first big display of weaponry since the Soviet collapse.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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After Anthropic’s success in attracting business users, OpenAI is beefing up its Codex coding agent and other work tools.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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State leaders should look beyond land use and taxation as tools for lowering prices.—
Maxwell Harden,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Any attempt to arm Iranian Kurdish groups would need support from the Iraqi Kurds to let the weapons transit and use Iraqi Kurdistan as launching ground.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The recent enlistment by the country's queen and her eldest daughter as reservists look to be helping, with authorities now scrambling to arm and train new recruits.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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These efforts worked — but only as a temporary shield.—
Jennifer Granholm,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Warren used the Brink’s driver as a shield and pointed his gun at the guard.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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As Estes notes, more than a few of these products had active ingredients that were cathartic or purgative, a fact rarely noted on labels.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 May 2026
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Oat is the formula’s first ingredient, which is effective at soothing sensitive, irritated scalps.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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This insight, combined with empathy and analytical thinking, equips me to craft policies that create opportunities, guide better decisions and close loopholes for abuse.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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While that will equip just a fraction of the roughly 2,400-person police force, the city is prioritizing officers who work in tourist-heavy zones and near the ports of entry.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Under such an accord, for example, the Fed could be limited to just buying treasurys, not mortgages or other financial instruments.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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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 8 May. 2026.
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