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Recent Examples of scalpel
The critics say that the administration is acting with a hammer, when a scalpel would suffice.
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The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2025
How long until model evolution turns that jagged edge into a spectacular smooth scalpel?
DeepSeek All Over Again?
—John Werner, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
But a scalpel approach that reviews agency costs and delivers better results will help streamline our state government.
—Eric J. Gertler, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The embarrassing stories of DOGE firing people only to be forced to rehire them in nuclear security, air traffic control and most recently NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, prove conclusively that the scalpel versus meat-cleaver approach is far more effective.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2025
How long until model evolution turns that jagged edge into a spectacular smooth scalpel?
DeepSeek All Over Again?
—John Werner, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
But a scalpel approach that reviews agency costs and delivers better results will help streamline our state government.
—Eric J. Gertler, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The embarrassing stories of DOGE firing people only to be forced to rehire them in nuclear security, air traffic control and most recently NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, prove conclusively that the scalpel versus meat-cleaver approach is far more effective.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
Noun
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The dagger is a metallurgical masterpiece that could be up to 2,500 years old, per the statement.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Threaten the rubber hand by attempting to stab it with a dagger, for instance, and the participants exhibit an involuntary startle or fear response.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Authorities were called to a residence there, near Harrison Avenue and West Bridger Street, the evening of April 5 to investigate a report of a physical disturbance involving a person with a knife.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The brother grabbed a machete and engaged his father, who’s accused of stabbing him during the fight, prosecutors said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article A man posing as a mourner planning a memorial at a Harlem mortuary waited for his accomplice to burst into the funeral home, before the two men beat up the director and threatened him with a machete during a terrifying, caught-on-camera robbery, police said Thursday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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The argument turned violent when Grier brandished a pocketknife, then got a bayonet-style knife with a long blade, the release said.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The look was finished off with a white coat draped over her shoulders, ankle-strap stilettos, and oversized sunglasses.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Mix and match it with a variety of shirt and jacket combinations, such as a snug white tee and jean jacket; complete the look with sneakers, sandals, or stiletto booties.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In June 2021, Joel Arciniega-Saenz stabbed James Garcia 84 times and severed a finger with a switchblade before decapitating him, according to a March 5 news release by the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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Other Nixon advertisements showed images of urban riots, street crime and student protesters alongside pictures of rifles, switchblades and hypodermic needles.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For the occasion, the office of the local governor had prepared an elaborate ceremony, with a military band and an honor guard standing at attention, the bayonets of their rifles glinting in the sun.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Striking miners were astonished to discover soldiers from the U.S. Army disembarking from train cars, their bayonets glittering in the frosty air.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpel. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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