: having a nose especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
snub-nosed
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An important focus, the business leaders of the industry told WWD, will also be to take a hard nosed look ahead at what the next 25 years should be about.
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Mayu Saini, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
The car jumps the curb, and Lance runs out, and the car’s already just nosed into the crash part of that.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
While the 3 retained some of the blunt nosed style of the Polestar 2 and its Volvo predecessors, the 4 is the first production model from the brand to start rolling out the sharper look that debuted on the Precept concept a few years ago and will be coming to other future models.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
And also trying to be kind of hard nosed at the same time.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2023
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Mayu Saini, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
The car jumps the curb, and Lance runs out, and the car’s already just nosed into the crash part of that.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
While the 3 retained some of the blunt nosed style of the Polestar 2 and its Volvo predecessors, the 4 is the first production model from the brand to start rolling out the sharper look that debuted on the Precept concept a few years ago and will be coming to other future models.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
And also trying to be kind of hard nosed at the same time.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2023
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“Nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosed. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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