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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 may be a useful tool for some people — but it isn’t a magic wand for improving your health.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Without human review, “I would not use an A.I. tool, even if there was no other alternative,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The script wisely cuts back on some of the book’s cuteness, only sparingly making Jay refer to a makeshift tool by its pet name, “Beaky.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He was an engineering lead on the product team, working on an open source tool kit that allows third party developers to build AI agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The first staple sends shivers over my body, and I’m smiling like a maniac because it’s just cool to blast a staple into wood with a power tool.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Social media firms argue the potential risks are being overstated and that they already provide users with effective safety tools.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

A fresh approach to the dot plot and the Fed’s broader communication tools is overdue, and the timing is good as the central bank grapples with new and evolving challenges.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The new LLM tools made translation “seem very easy, very quick.”

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Inuit, Mitt says, use every part of a whale as food, tools and cultural sacrament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He’s carrying a rake, wears a work belt that looks like armor, it’s got so many carabiners and tools hanging off it, and shoulders a backpack full of stuff studded with even more carabiners.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

As the smoke piled in, Lake Arrowhead resident Doug Roath tooled around town on his bicycle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

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

The saddle was just my size with tigers and dragons tooled in swirls.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Pioneer bought additional tooling and experimented with changes in temperature and curing times to better understand and fix the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The arrival of AGI, in his view, began last November with Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 and progressed with so-called tooling from Anthropic and other labs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"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

The lights of the cars tooling up the ramp blinded us as we shuffled backwards through the snow that had started falling, like, two minutes after we’d left Delaney’s in our lightweight concert garb.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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