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Recent Examples of haft
Handles helped make the tools easier to grip and more versatile; Wang and his colleagues found one bladelet with part of a bone haft still attached to the stone.
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Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022
The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haft
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Kayla, who lives in Florida with her husband Jared and their two kids, regularly posts to TikTok, under the handle @thehappyfloridan, with clips chronicling the challenges of parenting their son JJ, who is nearly 2, and 2-month-old daughter Kenna.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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There are also handles on the outer edges to make serving as simple as carrying it to the table.Shea Simmons, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past?Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Second, the individual struggles of a player who is caught in the grip of a crisis, both on the pitch and off it.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Likewise, Ohtani played the market to the hilt leaving the Los Angeles Angels for the Dodgers last year in late December.Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
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“Haft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haft. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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