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tool

Definition for tool

noun as in instrument used to shape, form, finish

noun as in person who can be manipulated by another

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The store offers everything from basic tools to pan for gold in the river, such as pickaxes and scoops, to pinpointers and high-tech metal detectors that can cost thousands of dollars.

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It’s not just that, as Adam Serwer declared, the cruelty is the point; the cruelty is the only tool it has.

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Students no longer read through every available factoid on, say, Walmart’s wages for hourly workers and write a memo—tasks that can be easily circumvented with generative AI tools.

Last month, thieves wielding power tools raided the Louvre, the world's most visited art museum, in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million.

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These fossils reveal key milestones in our evolutionary journey -- from walking on two legs to crafting tools and developing larger brains.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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