as in tool
one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another
though he liked to play up his influence with city hall, he was really just another pawn of the political bosses
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as in pledge
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise
offered her license as a pawn that she would bring back the rental canoe
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as in to deposit
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt
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Recent Examples of pawn
Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
At this stage, with hostage and cease-fire negotiations stalled and Hamas' leader unreachable in Gaza's warren of tunnels, Rachel likened civilians on both sides to pawns in chess.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 13 July 2024
So, both of them are able to kind of pawn it off on each other or a problem off of any jurisdictional management or responsibility.
—Lucas E. Wright, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
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The biggest emotional gut punch comes not from anything that happens to Strings, but when Essie is predictably cast aside as yet another pawn in the crooner's game of high-minded self-absorption.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
At this stage, with hostage and cease-fire negotiations stalled and Hamas' leader unreachable in Gaza's warren of tunnels, Rachel likened civilians on both sides to pawns in chess.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
Gonzalez, along with her fiancé, Guy Vasquez, 56, pawned their diamond-cluster wedding bands this week just for gas money and food.
—Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 13 July 2024
So, both of them are able to kind of pawn it off on each other or a problem off of any jurisdictional management or responsibility.
—Lucas E. Wright, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
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Once that is complete, make sure to deposit at least $5 into your account.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Divers then had another employee instruct some customers to deposit funds into these accounts.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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If Emily can be in Paris and Rome, why can’t Robert be in Joshua Tree hocking ayahuasca?Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Curtailing the items eligible could embolden Amazon ’s competitive online retail advantage — but also poses a risk to fellow portfolio stock Meta Platforms , which has benefited from the likes of Temu and Shein flooding social media with ads hocking their products.Paulina Likos, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
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He was rumored to be connected to the Phillies before San Diego mortgaged the farm system to acquire him.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Man who found $20 used it to buy a $1 million winning lottery ticket Will mortgage interest rates fall this November?Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Pawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawn. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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