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“The facilities remain in the Fed’s toolbox and can be reactivated as needed,” the team wrote in an Aug. 14 client note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Beijing has also sharpened its legal and regulatory toolbox, she said, and "has a potentially more extensive playbook", as seen in the recent blocking of tech giant Meta's acquisition of AI firm Manus.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
One of my first major purchases in college was a Craftsman Mechanics Tool Set in the gray metal toolbox with a red tray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
"The introduction of soft materials that can expand, contract, and alter their shape opens up an entirely new toolbox in the world of optics to manipulate how things look."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
Then he took a small case with optical instruments out of the toolbox that he always carried with him.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Washington and Beijing are stocking their tit-for-tat toolboxes on the eve of trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
Cities are reaching into our toolboxes to weave affordable housing into new developments, such as with inclusionary zoning and multifamily tax exemptions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The elementary school set needs its pastoral fantasies too, and this British show for young children ticks all the hazy rustic tenderness boxes, with hay particles hanging in the sunshine and handy grandpas with toolboxes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The man escaped being crushed only because the machine landed on two toolboxes and the handle of another machine.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022
It shines on spilled toolboxes and broken pegboards and a dozen unbroken jars full of screws and nails.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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