utensil
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Example Sentences
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Watching them is like being spoonfed by the streamer’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, who, by pioneering this content model, is waving a utensil in front of us like an airplane coming in for a landing.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
In fall 2024, many of us were ridding our kitchens of a very common utensil, thanks to a piece in the Atlantic that instructed us to, “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.”
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the plastic to migrate into the food you’re about to eat.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
The team's robot is a multi-jointed arm that holds a custom-built utensil at the end that can sense the forces being applied on it.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
“Ah, that would be my pen. Please bring your own writing utensil in the future, Mr. Jackson.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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