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Recent Examples of crutch
The Parise-Suter buyout punishment can no longer be deemed a crutch.
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
But right now, a lot of them are being designed as substitutes or as crutches.
—João Medeiros, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
For people who love to eat, the freezer has become not a crutch but an arsenal of taste.
—Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
His facial contortions and cramped muscles, increasing incrementally as his condition worsens, are essential — and punishing — elements of the performance, but Redmayne doesn't rely on them as a crutch.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
But right now, a lot of them are being designed as substitutes or as crutches.
—João Medeiros, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
For people who love to eat, the freezer has become not a crutch but an arsenal of taste.
—Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
His facial contortions and cramped muscles, increasing incrementally as his condition worsens, are essential — and punishing — elements of the performance, but Redmayne doesn't rely on them as a crutch.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crutch
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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