as in to forge
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists
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The deal isn’t finalized yet, though, and Turner is reportedly trying to hammer out a last-minute deal to join NBC, Disney and Amazon and broadcast a smaller number of NBA regular season and playoff games.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 June 2024
The couple hammered out the minutiae of IVF with their specialist, down to the timing of every hormone shot.
—Jessica Kutz, Vox, 30 May 2024
That plan has still not been hammered out, NYPD Chief of Information Ruben Beltran testified, with the department likely to have its radio system encrypted citywide by the first few months of 2025.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2024
Budget negotiations underway: With just a few weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers are hammering out differences between the House and Senate version of the budget.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 June 2024
The couple hammered out the minutiae of IVF with their specialist, down to the timing of every hormone shot.
—Jessica Kutz, Vox, 30 May 2024
That plan has still not been hammered out, NYPD Chief of Information Ruben Beltran testified, with the department likely to have its radio system encrypted citywide by the first few months of 2025.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2024
Budget negotiations underway: With just a few weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers are hammering out differences between the House and Senate version of the budget.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
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