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as in weaponry
something used to defend
Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.
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as in tool
a person or thing that is used to produce a result
Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest.
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as in to arm
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Recent Examples of weapon
Thomas Page, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Biggest needs: Cornerback, safety, interior offensive line, wide receiver and quarterback
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6 | Las Vegas Raiders
Four in five of mock drafts expect the Las Vegas Raiders will look to add an offensive weapon.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
This interoperability unifies the fragmented gaming ecosystem, enabling a character or weapon to move seamlessly from one game.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The actors received weapons training, lessons in radio comms, tactical maneuvering and military first aid.
—Thomas Page, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Biggest needs: Cornerback, safety, interior offensive line, wide receiver and quarterback
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6 | Las Vegas Raiders
Four in five of mock drafts expect the Las Vegas Raiders will look to add an offensive weapon.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
The products therefore become a good talking point for the sales associates and weapon to help fight the conversion challenge, according to Vuchot.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
This interoperability unifies the fragmented gaming ecosystem, enabling a character or weapon to move seamlessly from one game.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapon
Noun
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The images shown in the KCTV video show the warship could have the kind of weaponry possessed by modern navies, including vertical launch cells that could be used to fire a variety of missiles.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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For Saudi Arabia, the investments may yield access to advanced weaponry and potentially attractive returns, but Trump made no mention of a nuclear partnership or the security guarantees that Riyadh has long been seeking.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Clinics, meanwhile, grapple with strict 340B compliance requirements—often without adequate staff or tools to manage efficiently.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Shop on Amazon and get this set of gardening gloves and small tools in a fashionable carrying bag.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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This brings us to today, when enterprise networks are more complex than ever before, and IT teams—even those armed with greater visibility and control—have even more to do than ever before.—
Charles Yeomans,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Michael Monsoor and its two sister ships will be the first American vessels to be armed with hypersonic missiles, which can travel at over five times the speed of sound.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The emergence of prompt shields and spotlight prompting has arisen due to the various hacking efforts trying to get generative AI to go beyond its filters and usual protections.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The loot included a Twilight poster signed by stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner; signed Darth Vader and Stormtrooper helmets; and several signed Captain America shields.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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These efficacious, natural ingredients include chamomile, California poppy, lemon verbena, linden, magnesium, rosemary and cardamom.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The team at Clementine Sleepwear explains that through a Micellar Molecular Delivery System, these skin loving ingredients are activated upon contact with skin.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The factory is equipped with intelligent systems that streamline production while maintaining standards.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Since not all queries require that level of ongoing analysis, Google has equipped Flash with some tools that can help developers tune it for their use case.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2025
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Will fly one scientific instrument awarded under NASA’s CLPS initiative.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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In short the efforts underway at BNY have the potential to unlock better transparency, traceability, and insights for tokenized products whether or not said instruments are stored on-chain or secured via off-chain mechanisms.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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In the meantime, the first Ukrainian brigade fully to reequip with Western tanks probably will ride in Leopard 1A5s from the mid-1980s.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapon. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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