as in unsentimental
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Recent Examples of hard-edged
The Good, the Bad and the Painterly As Bouancheau fashioned a Puss that was more lyrical, like a character that stepped out of a fairy tale book and less hard-edged, all the other characters followed suit.
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Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-edged
Adjective
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But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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The imagination can’t be bothered with unromantic minutiae.—
Kevin Chroust,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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James is quite tough-minded about the limits of radical chic.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Friday night announcement was criticized by some journalists as a way to score political points and penalize tough-minded news outlets.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some who do have a cynical view — asking what good was it for people to risk that bridge crossing for Black freedom when young Black people are killing one another in Selma today?—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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The cynical, trend-chasing marketing executive Maya (Kathryn Hahn, playing refreshingly against type) makes Matt look principled by contrast.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His criticisms often feel less grounded in clear-eyed evaluation of the game and more on settling scores.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Perkins is a specialist in making childhood trauma feel grounded and relatable, however, and that holds true for the loopy scares of his latest movie.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The problem — and hardly an insignificant one — is that however funny comedian Jillian Bell’s directorial debut can be in the moment, none of it makes the slightest logical sense.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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Such a partnership could be seen as a logical next step to the role Noah Horowitz played during his sojourn at the auction house.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Even when the accusations are unfounded, even when the risks are small, the mere possibility of being a sucker can be psychologically potent enough to undermine a rational preference for cooperation.—
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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This all points to a more rational, less economically harmful climate policy, but, as always, there’s going to be litigation.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With a range of tones and sizing from A-H, the label has come to represent a no-nonsense attitude—the opposite of antiquated bra marketing.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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His fortunes seemingly reverse when he’s brought into the employ of Mr. Tobler, an inventor whose no-nonsense protocol sets in motion this riveting character drama from Wilhelm and Anka Sasnal, adapted from a 1908 Robert Walser novel.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Hard-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-edged. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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