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Origin of toolbox
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Avid Technology, the editing software company, is the latest entertainment industry player to introduce AI into its toolbox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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
"Florrie is the most recent addition, if you like, in our toolbox," he adds.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Many in the markets expect him to try to shrink the $6.6 trillion balance sheet and be reluctant to use quantitative easing as part of the Fed’s toolbox.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
And then, in the distance, the figure in silhouette has descended the ladder and is packing up his toolbox.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
Once unpacked from their toolboxes and Tupperware, the supplies lay like a potluck spread, free for the taking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
Only after sending the guns did the United States arrange for a rushed shipment of toolboxes of imperial-gauge wrenches, said Maj.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 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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