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Recent Examples of crutch
There’s a case to be made for smart systems acting as a safety net rather than a crutch.
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New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
But where other comics might lean on quantity as a crutch to compensate for quality, Kashian genuinely just has this much to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
This graying bachelor falls for his patient, a high schooler named Sophie (Brianna Joy Chomer) and, when rejected, threatens to clobber her disabled boyfriend (Carson Boatman) with the guy’s own crutch.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
That confidence has become both a strength and a crutch.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
But where other comics might lean on quantity as a crutch to compensate for quality, Kashian genuinely just has this much to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
This graying bachelor falls for his patient, a high schooler named Sophie (Brianna Joy Chomer) and, when rejected, threatens to clobber her disabled boyfriend (Carson Boatman) with the guy’s own crutch.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
That confidence has become both a strength and a crutch.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crutch
Noun
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Hancock was the prop master on Marshals, per IMDb and his Instagram account.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Visitors start in a large room specially created for the tour that’s filled with real show props and creations.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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