as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
always store your finely edged knives in a knife block
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to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edged
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Leading without a baton, Luisi uses his hands to mold sounds alternately soft- and hard-edged, dark and dense or bright and shiny.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Geny Catamo came closest to breaking the deadlock towards the end of the first half, striking the post as the visitors edged the opening 45 minutes.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
In his hands, Danny’s charms quickly curdle into selfishness and sharp-edged violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Leading without a baton, Luisi uses his hands to mold sounds alternately soft- and hard-edged, dark and dense or bright and shiny.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
Verb
Even Gen Z, whose 4% buyer share edged up from 3%, is entering homeownership unconventionally—35% as single females and 17% as unmarried couples, both generational highs.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Geny Catamo came closest to breaking the deadlock towards the end of the first half, striking the post as the visitors edged the opening 45 minutes.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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The campaign that year felt predictable — Obama was favored to win — but the political climate was sharpened by the Tea Party, a conservative grassroots movement within the Republican Party that sought to repeal Obamacare.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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As the Beatles began to splinter, Spitz writes, the Stones sharpened their focus.—
Marc Ballon,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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This included the whole of California, Nevada, and Utah, southwest Wyoming, western Colorado, Arizona north of the Gila River, and the western portion of what is now New Mexico, bordered by the Rio Grande to the east.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026
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The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That level of support marks a sharp escalation from previous efforts.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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Kirby said that an impromptu office nap is his trick to staying sharp over his decades-long career in business.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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It’s bounded by the Arden Hills Army Training Site on the north, east and south and the Rice Creek Corridor on the west.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Miller opened the dog crate, and with some coaxing, C31F stepped out and bounded down the hill out of the yard and to the safety of the railroad.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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