as in sharp
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
the sharpened blade of a lawn mower
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Adjective
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The chip companies have recovered their sharp losses from earlier this year amid worries their stock prices had shot too high.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025 -
There has been a sharp rise in the demand for high-bandwidth memory, which is utilized alongside GPUs for AI applications, leading to a nearly 50% sequential increase in HBM memory revenue over the last quarter as production scales up.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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After another ball, Yelich grounded a ball up the middle that would have scored Chourio had second baseman Jake Cronenworth not ran into the grass to backhand the ball.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Last summer, Walmart grounded drones in Salt Lake City, Tampa and Phoenix, citing a desire to hone in on the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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But Thunderbolts* is sharper edged than what’s come before.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Putting heavy or edged objects atop the cord may damage or pinch it, potentially causing short circuits.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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May 31, 2025 The jagged ridges in the green mountains above Spruce Pine look strange at first, as if they were scratched into the surface by giant claws.—
Mike Belleme,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Especially when exploring all the jagged edges can be as delicious as it has been executed in Sirens.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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“Sharpened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpened. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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