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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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In other words, the company can potentially track—and claim ownership of—every keystroke you make within the system, every idea you document there, every tool you build using that platform.

From The Wall Street Journal

This screening tool measures progress in five areas: communication, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, and personal social interaction.

From Science Daily

When this isotope data is combined with hydrological models, it becomes a powerful tool.

From Science Daily

Machine-learning tools to detect social bots, like our own Botometer, were unable to discriminate between these AI agents and human accounts in the wild.

From Salon

Paulo Noronha, a digital forensics expert from Brazil's Federal Police, demonstrated some of the lab's high-tech tools designed to keep investigators a step ahead.

From Barron's