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chisel

[chiz-uhl] / ˈtʃɪz əl /
NOUN
shaping tool
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KYIV, Ukraine—It was late January, and an elite Ukrainian team grabbed their tools for a special operation critical to their country’s resistance against Russia: an underwater drone, a hammer and a chisel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

“CMS is continuing to chisel away at higher spending associated with coding intensity,” says Tricia Neuman, executive director for the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Nonato laid his chisel against the mortar and gingerly began to tap the top of the tool with a hammer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

A simpler existence calls for simpler music and, working in the cosy attic space of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady studios, Musgraves began to chisel away at her ideas.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

Their goal is to place the IBM Selectric II beside the feather quill and chisel in the museum of antiquated writing implements.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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