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Recent Examples of scalpel
One common surgical option is excision, where the fibroma is completely removed using surgical tools such as a scalpel.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
Vekic’s version is slightly more sword-and-sword — her forehand, particularly inside-out and on-the-rise, is more of a swinging axe, while her drop-shot is as precise as a scalpel.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Taking the same medicine to treat two different conditions is two different treatments, just as using a scalpel to remove a brain tumor is a different treatment than using a scalpel to perform a lobotomy.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Opening with the calamitous IPO of a green-energy startup managed by the series’ fictional banking giant, Pierpoint & Co., the season took a scalpel to the hypocrisy-prone phenomenon of socially conscious capitalism.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
Vekic’s version is slightly more sword-and-sword — her forehand, particularly inside-out and on-the-rise, is more of a swinging axe, while her drop-shot is as precise as a scalpel.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Taking the same medicine to treat two different conditions is two different treatments, just as using a scalpel to remove a brain tumor is a different treatment than using a scalpel to perform a lobotomy.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Opening with the calamitous IPO of a green-energy startup managed by the series’ fictional banking giant, Pierpoint & Co., the season took a scalpel to the hypocrisy-prone phenomenon of socially conscious capitalism.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpel
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Still, after all that time, James is capable of making winning plays — the chase down block, the key defensive stop and the bully-ball dagger all playing a role in helping the Lakers defeat the Kings 113-100.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Seymour and her colleagues also found other artifacts at the site, including crossbow bolts, lead bullets, swords, daggers, chain mail and plate armor.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Well, some customers like to break it apart in other ways or slice it at home by knife.Miami Herald File, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mejia was also arrested on Nov. 27, 2024, after allegedly stabbing a neighbor's Ring camera with a kitchen knife.Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Almost a year after his death, one of his former friends – the one who’d kept a machete beside his bed – was still bitterly haunted.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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That same year, 16 people were killed after a Uyghur attacked dozens of Chinese police officers with a dump truck and machetes.Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
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The man forced the boyfriend into the bathroom at gunpoint with a revolver while the woman pulled out a pocketknife and began going through the victim’s belongings, the affidavit said.Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Neal’s lawyer argued that Hopkins was wearing a tool belt that included blunt objects and a closed pocketknife, making the homicide self-defense.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2025
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Sky-high stilettos meet gorgeous, expansive vistas in this glossy ode to excess.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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Videos shared online as far back as May 2022 show Ukrainian troops using Switchblade suicide drones, which have wings that pop out like a switchblade and are made by U.S. defense contractor AeroVironment, to target Russian forces.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Apparently, Lord John’s distant cousin Charles Grey and his troops killed 100 men in their beds, using nothing but bayonets.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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If these were not available a gun could be spiked with a bayonet which would then be broken off so it could not be pulled out.David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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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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In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpel. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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