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Recent Examples of knap
Rocks could be knapped, or shaped, into knife blades, spear points, ax heads, and more, allowing hunter-gatherers to take on new prey and use animal remains for clothing and other things.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Our early ancestors apparently knapped the same style of handheld, multipurpose hand ax for 1.6 million years, with only minor tweaks to the template.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
Elders transmit other kinds of cultural knowledge, too—from environmental (what kinds of plants are poisonous or where to find water during a drought, for example) to technological (how to weave a basket or knap a stone knife, perhaps).
—Rachel Caspari, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
Relics unearthed in Flores indicate that the hobbits used large stones as hammers to knap and chip away at stone flakes, shaping them into cutting tools.
—Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2011
Our Paleolithic ancestors learned to knap delicate blades from round stone cobbles, hunt large game and cook their food.
—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making).
—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020
There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020
Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Our early ancestors apparently knapped the same style of handheld, multipurpose hand ax for 1.6 million years, with only minor tweaks to the template.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
Elders transmit other kinds of cultural knowledge, too—from environmental (what kinds of plants are poisonous or where to find water during a drought, for example) to technological (how to weave a basket or knap a stone knife, perhaps).
—Rachel Caspari, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
Relics unearthed in Flores indicate that the hobbits used large stones as hammers to knap and chip away at stone flakes, shaping them into cutting tools.
—Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2011
Our Paleolithic ancestors learned to knap delicate blades from round stone cobbles, hunt large game and cook their food.
—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making).
—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020
There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knap
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Extracting a clump using a pick or shovel goes about as fast as chiseling your way out of Alcatraz.Steve Bender, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
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Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
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In the depths of a former mine in South Dakota, the journalist learns how microbes carve the Earth’s crust.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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The five-acre property was carved out of a family ranch that’s lucky enough to have unobstructed views of all four Aspen mountains.Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bourdelle’s voluminous works in marble, bronze, and wood fill the lofty mezzanine, while his bronze sculptures Héraklès archer (Hercules the Archer) and Centaure mourant (Dying Centaur) highlight the garden.Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024
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Co-developed with NISMO, Nissan’s in-house racing and customizing arm, the Hyper-Force’s carbon-fiber body is sculptured like a fighter jet with the sole purpose of going as fast as possible.Peter Lyon, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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The music hews fairly closely to the Avett Brothers’ original arrangements, with lyrical and instrumental adjustments made to accommodate the vocal-forward nature of a stage production.Bill Kopp, SPIN, 25 Nov. 2024
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There was a chance that a Kamala Harris administration would have hewed closer to the rule of international law and institutions, strengthening a weakening system and preventing its wholesale demise.Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, when in need of a directional landmark, use Lamp Bear, the 23-foot high canary yellow teddy bear sculpted from bronze, as your anchor point.Rachel Morris, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
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Since Arie Luyendyk scored the first of his two Indy 500 wins in 1990, the winner’s faces have been sculpted by William Behrends of Tryon, North Carolina.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Dylan cut his first album two months after Robert Shelton wrote about him in the New York Times.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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Now, his 2025 budget proposal calls for cutting even more police positions, training divisions and mental health resources for officers.Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Knap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knap. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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