as in unsentimental
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-edged
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Paradoxically, maintaining a consistent edge requires constant, unsentimental internal change—of processes, technology, and people.
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And so, hounded by creditors and distressed by mounting debts, the remaining family had to leave their formerly genteel surroundings for the gritty, unsentimental shadows of the Yoshiwara.
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Jarred Vanderbilt is tough-minded, Lakers coach JJ Redick said.
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Kerr encourages players, coaches and others in the Warriors organization to be kind and tough-minded, compassionate and competitive, rigorous and creative, consistent and innovative.
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Gorgeous cinematography and a very unromantic portrayal of the grueling life of a secret agent make this a solid watch.
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This idea was supposed to be the kind of thing that could convince even the most unromantic skeptics that space exploration was not only spiritually fulfilling, but economically advantageous.
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Mitchell said public safety is a bottom-line issue for residents and a reason why people decide to even migrate to Charlotte in the first place.
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Still, some council members remained hesitant Tuesday to cede its bottom-line lawmaking authority, even after the eight-member body had voted 5-3 earlier this month to advance Lee’s proposal.
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Traditionally cynical and perceptive commentators—not to mention a lot of tired citizens—found themselves, in some accounts, overcome by an unexpected wave of patriotic sentimentality that washed away, at least for a moment, their gnawing doubts.
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Heston is at his most gleefully cynical as Robert Thorn, a police detective who lives and works in a New York City decimated by environmental deterioration and dwindling resources.
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Sparrow, who previously worked with Shalvey on the Terminator comics from Dynamite Entertainment, considers his style to be less of the American superhero aesthetic and more grounded.
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Romanticize your success, but stay grounded.
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Following the logical evidence feels like Detective 101, but their boss is gunning for an arrest so Gonzales gives in to Baxter’s impulse.
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Under this framework, participating engineering teams must successfully demonstrate operational quantum hardware that utilizes a specific range of low-hundreds logical qubits before the 2028 deadline.
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Forced Selling Creates Market Mispricing The market is not a rational machine.
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If Iran’s rulers are so rational and nice, one wonders why their potential acquisition of a nuclear weapon would so concern the United States.
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“Hard-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-edged. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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