: a keen-edged cutting instrument for shaving or cutting hair
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Pepto Bismol, Axe body spray, Q-Tip cotton swabs, Fancy Feast cat food and Gillette razors are just a few of the other types of affected items.—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026 As another Jewish American sage once said, beauty walks a razor’s edge.—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Yet the margin for error through that stretch, considering USC’s eight losses, is razor thin.—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026 The investment bank upgraded the Gillette razor and Tide detergent maker to an overweight rating from neutral, with analyst Andrea Teixeira raising her 12-month price target to $165 from $157.—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for razor
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Middle English rasour, from Anglo-French rasur, from raser to raze, shave — more at rase