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tool

[tool] / tul /




Usage

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. 

Example Sentences

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You’re reading this article on a digital tool built on the foundation of making a complex technology accessible for billions of people.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

On one deployment, Zelinger and his pod created a custom fraud-detection tool that was eventually baked in to the Foundry product.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

We’re going to use every tool in our toolbox and that includes working with pro-democracy allies in communities across the country,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But his evidence was itself authored by AI: Pangram’s namesake product is an AI tool that purports to “detect AI-generated content with 99.98% accuracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

There’s nothing like that in Grandpa’s tool bucket, so I wipe my hands on my jeans and head around to the front of the house and open the garage door.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz