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Recent Examples of gavel
Outgoing Mayor Pat Burns handed McKeon the mayor’s gavel and delivered a concise farewell speech.
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit in Johannesburg closed by banging a wooden gavel on a block, in a G20 tradition.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ended the annual conference by banging a gavel, which is then typically handed over to the G20 president, according to the Associated Press.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Earlier Sunday, host President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared the meeting closed, banging a ceremonial gavel on the table.
—NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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One chapter toward the end of the book tells the story of a relationship in a series over very long sentences that end in a hammer of two brief, brutal questions.—
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The decision to use that hammer, or double down, has proven to be very strategic.—
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Lopatin used fast, percussive strikes to keep the score melodic, incorporating mallet strikes to mirror the ping-pong balls.—
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Harry sustained a hand injury from a mallet.—
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In the video released by police, two masked suspects dressed in all black swung what appeared to be a sledgehammer into the store’s windowed entrance.—
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Some are relatively simple, spanning a narrow stream and created by a team with a chainsaw and a sledgehammer.—
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Link, along with several other waterfowl biologists, also cited the growing prevalence of crawdad farming and replacement of rice with sugar cane.—
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Plants should bloom more reliably and rose canes will thicken as their roots establish.—
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In protest, hundreds of thousands of Iranians went into the streets and were confronted by security forces with batons and shotguns.—
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Several armed law enforcement officials wore helmets and masks and stood outside while holding batons, CNN affiliate KEYE reported.—
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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