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as in bite
a harsh or sharp quality
the teacher's voice had a sarcastic edge as she welcomed the tardy student to class
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as in perimeter
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
the design along the edge of the plate is badly worn
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as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming
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as in efficacy
the power to produce a desired result
the utter lack of enforcement provisions totally blunts the edge of the law
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as in to border
to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edge
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Briceno warns that loading on the lip tint can lead to product transfer, harsh edges, and a patchy finish.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Another might’ve been Chiefs edge Ashton Gillotte, taken four picks before Isaac TeSlaa.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Perched along the shores of North Carolina’s Lake Norman, in the Charlotte suburbs at the northern edge of Mecklenburg County, Davidson College’s location is a crossroads for red and blue America.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Briceno warns that loading on the lip tint can lead to product transfer, harsh edges, and a patchy finish.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
Bridging the Divide The program dealt with networks of nodes and edges called graphs.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Another might’ve been Chiefs edge Ashton Gillotte, taken four picks before Isaac TeSlaa.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edge
Noun
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One bite of the soufflé is enough to shatter any notion chili has no place in a French restaurant.—
Claire Ballor
Staff Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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In June 2022, Kang wrote a second post about Valerio that didn’t mention the bite.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Drugs, weapons, and cell phones enter facilities through drones, perimeter breaches, staff misconduct, and inadequate search procedures.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Podziemski wasn’t the only perimeter player asked to do more than usual.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Cougars finished with four turnovers and held a 26-8 advantage in points in the paint.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Columbus blanked the Blackhawks on their two power-play chances, running their string of futility to 26 man-advantages and 10 games without a goal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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That, along with her incredible skin, is truly a testament to their efficacy.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sweet spot for biotech investors is typically a large potential market with enough of an efficacy and safety track record to mitigate the risks.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Hope still wafted through the 104,122 in attendance, especially after Reed drove the team downfield to brink of overtime, only to come up short on a touch pass the Hurricanes read well.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Dec. 2025
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Large corporate bankruptcies are surging in 2025, with inflation, interest rates and policy uncertainty driving more major U.S. companies to the financial brink, according to a report from Cornerstone Research.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That context sharpens what India is doing.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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And, unlike gooning, or freebasing, reading is the rare instance of an addiction that, as a rule, harms no one and may even sharpen your mind.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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More than half of Exxon’s production came from the still-booming Permian Basin in West Texas and its rapidly rising output from offshore Guyana, which borders Venezuela.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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It’s proposed for the Knott-Cowen Tract, a 328-acre piece of land that borders the north and south sides of Interstate 275, just east of the Skyway.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Coffee is particularly simpatico in chocolate recipes, where the coffee’s bitterness rounds out the chocolate flavor without overpowering it.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Chocolate in this range delivers intensity without bitterness and often carries subtle fruity or nutty notes, especially varieties sourced from South America.—
Amber Love Bond,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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