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scalpel

[skal-puhl] / ˈskæl pəl /


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McMorris said access to public records is a “moral issue,” and fixing any problems with the current law requires “a scalpel, not a meat ax.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

“How can we improve the product, make it out-and-out racing and look at what can improve in terms of safety. But act with a scalpel and not with a baseball bat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The work in making government more efficient needs to be done with a scalpel, not a chainsaw.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024

And for students there are sharks with the blood drained out and yellow and blue color substituted in veins and arteries, so that you may follow the systems with a scalpel.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

Are the doctors afraid that I’ll wake up midsurgery and be horrified by the scalpels or blood?

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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