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Word: hammer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Usage:

...military is a great hammer," he said, "but not every problem is a nail...

Author: By Christina S. N. lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: General Defends U.S. Intervention Abroad | 1/21/2000 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "hammer" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.7874
1880s : 2.7531
1890s : 3.6475
1900s : 4.2815
1910s : 2.6789
1920s : 1.2681
1930s : 0.9212
1940s : 1.0319
1950s : 0.9359
1960s : 0.9376
1970s : 0.8580
1980s : 0.8095
1990s : 0.6119
2000s : 0.5901
2010s : 0.5142