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Recent Examples of sharpen
The stalks are drenched in a garlic-and-anchovy vinaigrette sharpened with vinegar and mellowed with extra-virgin olive oil.
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Katie Parla, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2025
Dialing up that Corsa setting makes maximum engine boost available on demand, sharpens the throttle, firms the suspension, and throws active exhaust valves open at all times.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Each project has sharpened her skills and given her more confidence to experiment.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
The broader policy debate over tax equity, health funding, and the fallout from federal budget changes is expected to sharpen as the measure moves forward.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Katie Parla, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2025
Dialing up that Corsa setting makes maximum engine boost available on demand, sharpens the throttle, firms the suspension, and throws active exhaust valves open at all times.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Each project has sharpened her skills and given her more confidence to experiment.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
The broader policy debate over tax equity, health funding, and the fallout from federal budget changes is expected to sharpen as the measure moves forward.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharpen
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Keeping ‘the wolf away from the door’ Colorado River cuts could hit the tiny town of Cave Creek harder than any other municipality, town officials say, potentially grinding growth to a halt and pulling the town government into lawsuits over unfulfilled water contracts.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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And when daily wear and tear was simulated – through continuous electric-toothbrush abrasion equivalent to about a year of brushing, as well as chewing and grinding – the teeth actually had superior resistance to wear, fracture and acid attack compared with natural enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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The story’s narrator has walked away from the disillusionment of divorce with not just her dignity intact, but also with her voice honed.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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While the Psyche researchers honed the logistics and mechanics of sampling Lepidoptera, a different European Lepidoptera project was quietly making a technical advance that could resonate throughout the Earth BioGenome Project.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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If that does turn out to be the case, there are plenty of other searches for extraterrestrials—such as NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory—that can whet the appetite of those longing for signs of life elsewhere in the cosmos.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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It’s definitely whetted my appetite to do a lot more.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Sharpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpen. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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