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toolboxes

  • plural
    of toolbox.
    toolbox
    noun
    a box or case in which tools are kept.

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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

It turns them into 1m-long blocks that are 99.6% polypropylene - made up of about 10,000 masks - which can be used to make products such as plastic chairs, buckets and toolboxes.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2021

We each ran back to our houses to rifle through our parents’ toolboxes for hammers and nails.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles