scalpel
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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
He used a local anaesthetic called something or other “snow,” which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
Aid workers told the senators the tents were refused because they included metal poles, and the medical kits because they included scalpels.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Spending 148 days off the air blunted the scalpels of some more than others.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 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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