tool
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CPI is a key economic tool that tracks the average change over time in prices paid by consumers for goods and services.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Without the big picture, a tracking tool can only give generic advice, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many have argued that people rely on language as a tool for thinking.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Secret Service has so far not commented on the incident, while the White House has neither confirmed nor denied it, saying only that it uses every tool available to protect the president.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He surged forward and tore at the rocky ground with his grinding tool; then he scooped the pieces into huge storage bins; then he surged forward again.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Lovable’s platform can be used to develop tools for a range of business functions, including managing human resources, sales and finance departments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The streamer also says the badge will relate to the "artist's public identity" and not about "how the music was made", acknowledging that AI tools are being used in some human music creation now.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In a workshop in Old Havana, amid cracked walls and aging work tools, 54-year-old repairman Rogelio Valdivia describes himself as a bonafide "Fidelista."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the company said it “won’t rely on self-disclosure alone” and will use “human review alongside AI investigative tools to apply the label.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Stop standing there like a fool and give the tools to Yao!”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Even if Congress voted the funds tomorrow for 10,000 new interceptors, the metal and the gas would still have to be found, the workforce trained, and the production lines tooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Ever the Angeleno, he tooled around town in a Porsche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023
The bank's agriculture relationship managers were being tooled up with advice on how to reduce emissions down on the farm, she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
An accomplished leatherworker, Franz taught Alex the secrets of his craft; for his first project McCandless produced a tooled leather belt, on which he created an artful pictorial record of his wanderings.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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"Autonomous, AI-driven offensive tooling is no longer theoretical," it said.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yet the only reason he’s out here racking up steps by the hundreds on a recent morning is because he was tooling around in his sculpture studio before I arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He and his 25-person team built extensive internal tooling to see if the Chinese open-source model could handle Lindy’s tasks of managing inboxes and calendars, drafting emails, and transcribing meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But it does provide the tooling on top to make sure that the visuals are consistent across all the incoming generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
It was November 1982, and I was tooling down Virginia State Route 460 in my green 1972 Volkswagen at four A.M.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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