: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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To understand why, consider that while interest rates may be a government’s main tool for dealing with inflation in modern economies, that tool is a bludgeon, not a scalpel.
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Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
Judging by the reaction on Sonos’ very active subreddit, yep, the company took a scalpel to things and left a ton of stuff out.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 May 2024
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Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
Judging by the reaction on Sonos’ very active subreddit, yep, the company took a scalpel to things and left a ton of stuff out.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for scalpel
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalpel. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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scalpel
noun
scal·pel
ˈskal-pəl 
also skal-ˈpel
: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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