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
Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
On Friday, stocks edged lower on Wall Street as the first week of corporate earnings season ended with markets trading near record levels.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 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
Although interest rates on new-car loans have edged lower, car shoppers are financing larger amounts.
—Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
On Friday, stocks edged lower on Wall Street as the first week of corporate earnings season ended with markets trading near record levels.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
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Under her leadership, the foundation has sharpened its focus on transition into employment and entrepreneurship, using the scale of a major bank to translate corporate resources into measurable social mobility.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Vance understood the importance of his role for a cast still early in their careers, and working alongside younger actors has sharpened his sense of leadership on set.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2026
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The building itself occupies a prominent block bordered by Union, Julia, Beaver and Pearl streets.—
Alexandria Mansfield,
Florida Times-Union,
26 Jan. 2026
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Right by the beach, they are bordered by lush jungle.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The numbers mark a sharp reversal from a spike in violence during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The blazer of Middleton’s look included sharp shoulders with sinuous lapels and angular pockets at the waist.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Roughly bounded by Grand Avenue to the north, Sheridan Road to the east — with a carveout for the train station — Belvidere Road to the south and Park Avenue to the west, the county will install the network and cover the expense through the end of the year, according to the agreement.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The aging facility takes up roughly one block of San Diego’s Civic Center complex, bounded by A Street and C Street to the north and south, and First Avenue and Third Avenue to the east and west.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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