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tool

[tool] / tul /




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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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It makes a tool that allows developers to switch among multiple AI models and has also made its own coding models.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Tuesday, SpaceX announced it was combining with the agentic AI software coding tool, which competes with the likes of Anthropic’s Claude.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

“Private credit looks like private equity did, call it 10 to 15 years ago, in terms of fundamental technology,” he said, adding that Microsoft Excel remains the go-to tool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

And she tucked it into a pocket of her tool belt for safekeeping.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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