Thesaurus results for TRENCH (ON)

trench (on)

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Definition of trench (on)

as in to touch (on)

to come very close to being that response trenches on outright rudeness

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The shop claimed to have reached out to clear the air, however that air does not seem to be getting any clearer.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
One of the other things that Claude noticed was that these array of associated reverse transcriptases seem to be isolated to jumbo phages, which have very large genomes for bacteriophage.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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Its distinct color more closely resembles icy objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune than its immediate main-belt neighbors.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Later, or earlier, the square reflection of a fluorescent light against the window resembles a rectangular moon floating in a clear blue sky.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

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