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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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This year, the company is expanding a safety tool so it blocks gore or violent images sent to kids via messages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“It’s a diagnostic tool, it’s not a predictive tool,” Wartzman says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Anyone interested in whether Starlink will work where they live can use SpaceX’s online tool External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

That achievement would give scientists a powerful new tool for studying lunar geology and reconstructing the Moon's long and complex history.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

She held up a tool that looked sort of like a round-bladed pizza slicer.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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