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tool

[tool] / tul /




Usage

What are other ways to say tool? A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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ADS-B gave them an instant high-tech snoop tool, including the ability to claim owners are registering planes in one place but parking them elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The team believes transfer learning could become an important tool for upcoming cosmological surveys, which are expected to collect unprecedented amounts of high-precision data about the universe in the years ahead.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

"And the way he uses his bum to protect the ball... I show my own son that when he's playing football. It's such a bizarre thing to say, but it's such a crucial tool."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Competition from rival Anthropic, whose Claude coding tool has been immensely successful since its launch in 2025, is intense.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Roz unsnapped a pocket of her tool belt and took out the Transmitter.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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