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Recent Examples of gavel
The auctioneer for the night, Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s Europe chairman, got the room’s attention by double tapping his gavel and highlighting the auction’s top lots.
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Self then struck down his gavel and abruptly ended the meeting.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Self then quickly tapped his gavel and adjourned the meeting.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 12 Mar. 2025
The auctioneer for the night, Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s Europe chairman, got the room’s attention by double tapping his gavel and highlighting the auction’s top lots.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Self then struck down his gavel and abruptly ended the meeting.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Self then quickly tapped his gavel and adjourned the meeting.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 12 Mar. 2025
The auctioneer for the night, Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s Europe chairman, got the room’s attention by double tapping his gavel and highlighting the auction’s top lots.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
Noun
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Tariffs hammer tech Premarket moves among the Magnificent Seven tech stocks were broadly lower Wednesday, with Tesla (TSLA+17.81%) off 1% and Apple slipping 2% in early trading.—
Catherine Baab,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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Over the last few years, Deadheads have reveled in videos of Weir working out in gyms and in the great outdoors with various weights and hammers.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On a cutting board, lightly pound with a meat mallet to even thickness.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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The black-and-white films all feature 9-year-old Saint hitting wrestlers with a mallet, set to a new Ye album.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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An ambitious new effort to reframe the U.S. approach to climate is taking a sledgehammer to shibboleths on the left and the right.—
Ben Geman,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Doing it with the ‘sledgehammer’ of a larger Tariff than 1930′s Smoot-Hawley, was bound to cause Turmoil in stocks, bonds, credit and commodities.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cut Stems Back Using your bypass pruners, cut live canes back to 12 inches tall.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2025
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Green, who is Black, regularly uses a cane to walk around the Capitol and has done so for years.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025
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The baton came back to him once Paramount Plus gave a green light to The Challenge: All Stars, and OGs like himself were given a second shot at glory.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Arne Slot has picked up the baton from Jurgen Klopp and looks almost certain to lead Liverpool to their first Premier League title since 2019-20, even if the prospect of a more remarkable campaign has fallen by the wayside, following defeat in the Carabao Cup final and their Champions League exit.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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