incisiveness

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Recent Examples of incisiveness Deploying the Englishman in a high-and-wide wing-back role can give Madrid more incisiveness and quality on the opposite side, allowing Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Bellingham to overload the left flank. Thom Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incisiveness
Noun
  • In sleep labs, researchers train dreamers to signal lucidity through deliberate eye movements, which can be time-stamped using electrooculography (EOG).
    Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Isla is largely confined to bed upstairs, feverish with an undiagnosed illness that gives her severe pain and erratic lucidity.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • However, these new glasses offer higher vision clarity.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
    Kristen Baldwin September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • APPs excel in positioning patients, opening surgical sites, retracting tissues, and closing incisions.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This allows for finer incisions, which can mean faster healing and denser graft placement.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The solution is compassionate directness—being honest while still showing care.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Anderson seemed thankful for his directness.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For parents, the name of the game is forthrightness.
    Nona Han, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Evans’ gritty drama will undoubtedly turn off sensitive viewers given its explicitness.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Incisiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incisiveness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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