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scalpel

[skal-puhl] / ˈskæl pəl /


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With AI, hyperscale customers who know exactly what they want can use Tan’s ASICs as a scalpel, rather than turn to the Swiss Army knife of Nvidia’s general-purpose chips.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

But grab a scalpel and cut 10 minutes out of it and “The Bride!” would be a rip-roaring dazzler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

I watch as a lab technician separates young shoots with a sterile scalpel and forceps.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

Akutagawa, recalled Kurosawa in his memoir, “goes into the depths of the human heart as if with a surgeon’s scalpel, laying bare its dark complexities and bizarre twists.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

She just told me about her dad and then picked up the scalpel and cut our worm open.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

On any given day, suitcases contain supplies that would accommodate a hospital operating room, including scalpels, needles and IV bags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Spending 148 days off the air blunted the scalpels of some more than others.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023

Also in the shipment: surgical gowns, scalpels, syringes, intubation tubes, firefighting gear, and protective clothing for those involved in excavating bodies from the rubble.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

And that discomfort may be tied to his body’s unusual ability to synthesize new organs, essentially a form of metastatic cancer that Caprice and her scalpels keep routinely in check.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2022

In angry weariness he opened the wall cabinet and collected scalpels and clamps, sponges and tubes of sutures, to put in his bag.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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