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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as in bordered
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
Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
Treasury yields edged only a bit higher in the bond market, for example.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 20 Feb. 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
Winter Park edged Apopka 42-40 in an early season game.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
Treasury yields edged only a bit higher in the bond market, for example.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edged
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Handling has been sharpened by rigidly mounting the rear subframe and reworking the Bilstein dampers.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
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One end had been sharpened to a vicious point; the other was a forked hammer claw.—
Josh Ireland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Base shade aside, the sneakers are expected to feature all of the same details seen on the Ducks exclusive including a striped upper, a Swoosh bordered by a mummy-like fabric wrap, glow-in-the-dark details and a custom Mummy Duck heel graphic.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Scientists and environmental advocates have spent decades trying to reduce the amount of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, which stretches 200 miles along the mid-Atlantic coast and is bordered by Maryland and Virginia.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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Berkshire reported a sharp decline in operating earnings for the fourth quarter, driven largely by weakness in its insurance business.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
1 Mar. 2026
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On February 13th, Grace Van Patten and Jackson White and Grace Gummer and Mark Ronson watched Veronica Leoni’s Calvin Klein Collection come down the runway, while Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector bounded between Fforme and Kallmeyer.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Information would go from bounded to ubiquitous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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