incisiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incisiveness
Noun
  • 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
  • Minimalist artists Sol LeWitt, Frank Stella and Donald Judd seemed to know this, captivating us with the addicting lucidity of their stark lines, colors and shapes.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Speaking to reporters, Fleetwood reflected on the loss with remarkable clarity.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
  • The surgery involves making a local retina detachment, followed by a small retinal incision to insert the implant.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Such directness is shown below in Doue’s forward carries, highlighting just how much the 20-year-old makes a beeline for the penalty area upon receiving the ball on either touchline.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 June 2025
  • Colonial history cannot be detached from such cuisine-making, and Thompson approaches it with directness and clarity.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
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“Incisiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incisiveness. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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