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
Keith Epstein, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014
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
Bittersweet branches, apples, and pears are a warm and cozy counterpoint to turquoise plates and raw-edged slate linens, courtesy of the design gurus at Our Food Stories.
—Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 16 Nov. 2022
In his hands, Danny’s charms quickly curdle into selfishness and sharp-edged violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
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For more than 10 months, the child’s journey followed the kind of dreary, double-edged protocol so familiar to cancer patients and their families.
—Keith Epstein, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014
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
Bittersweet branches, apples, and pears are a warm and cozy counterpoint to turquoise plates and raw-edged slate linens, courtesy of the design gurus at Our Food Stories.
—Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 16 Nov. 2022
In his hands, Danny’s charms quickly curdle into selfishness and sharp-edged violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edged
Adjective
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The Republican president has said crime in the city was at emergency levels that only such federal intervention could fix — even as District of Columbia leaders pointed to statistics showing violent crime at a 30-year low after a sharp rise two years ago.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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For, in a market where everyone’s shouting, the sharpest ideas, delivered clearly, consistently and credibly, are what cut through.—
Henry McIntosh,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet.—
Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet.—
Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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