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Recent Examples of haft
Handles helped make the tools easier to grip and more versatile; Wang and his colleagues found one bladelet with part of a bone haft still attached to the stone.
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Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haft
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While scientists have a good handle on the problems posed by wildfire smoke that comes from burning vegetation, there's relatively little research yet complete on the effects of large-scale urban fires.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Sentinel’s executive editor, Roger Simmons, said the goal is to get a better handle on this complex problem and look for solutions — which is what good, local journalism does best.—
Scott Maxwell,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The corners of all three phones are rounded now—the Ultra is no longer boxy—though Samsung flattened the edges for a nicer grip.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Also complicating the mix is violence between an increasing number of Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, as well as raids by both Israeli security forces and the Palestinian Authority, which has a somewhat-weak grip on the larger of the two Palestinian territories.—
Ellie Cook,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Likewise, Ohtani played the market to the hilt leaving the Los Angeles Angels for the Dodgers last year in late December.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Oct. 2024
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.—
Dov Friedman,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2014
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“Haft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haft. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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