tool
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Anthropic’s revenue recently surged after its coding tool Claude Code went viral among software engineers, and the five-year-old startup surpassed OpenAI’s valuation for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Breast cancer isn’t just a ‘pink’ disease; for men with a family history or genetic predisposition, a mammogram can be a lifesaving tool that overrides social stigma.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Previously, the only tool a referee would really have is to show one yellow card.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In fact, 42% of Americans use a VPN, making it no longer a niche privacy tool but a mainstream one.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
She believed mysterious people were trying to kill her with alien sound wave machines, so she would sleep in a tool shed to hide herself.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing tool
"The First Day of School," Vocabulary from the short story
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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