as in sharp
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
the sharpened blade of a lawn mower
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Adjective
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The director has been here before, with sharper aim.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025 -
The Adams case is not the only one that will bring the foolishness of this directive into sharp relief.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Despite that surge, wing prices remained grounded, slightly below their five-year average.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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This was in the large part thanks to grounding the tones with Dazzleshadow Liquid.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Then came a raw-edged denim skirt from Miaou, which was as thigh-grazing as that viral Miu Miu micro skirt from the spring 2022 collection.—
Alice Cary,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2023
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Pelé was the soccer’s straight-edged counter to Maradona, the outspoken cocaine addict who fraternized with Communist dictators.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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Sea oats and fir trees dance in the breeze as seagulls squawk in a bright blue sky and the mighty Pacific crashes against the jagged shoreline a few dozen yards away.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
12 Feb. 2025
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The neck’s jagged base suggests that the head was torn from a larger, perhaps full-length figure, but the sculpture reveals almost no other significant damage.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Sharpened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpened. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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