as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them
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Recent Examples of trenchant
However, the company's Constitutional AI framework represents a fundamentally different interaction philosophy than Meta’s, one that treats safety not as a compliance checkbox but as a trenchant design principle.
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Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Like his previous films, Jude’s 170-minute romp is loaded with trenchant political messages, sarcasm, bawdy humor and a heavy dose of Romanian fatalism.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
The line is more trenchant than its writers could have known.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Also, a lot of these ideas just sound ridiculous, and so there hasn’t been as much trenchant criticism as there should have been for the past decades.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
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Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Like his previous films, Jude’s 170-minute romp is loaded with trenchant political messages, sarcasm, bawdy humor and a heavy dose of Romanian fatalism.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
The line is more trenchant than its writers could have known.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Also, a lot of these ideas just sound ridiculous, and so there hasn’t been as much trenchant criticism as there should have been for the past decades.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trenchant
sharp
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There was a sharp spike in job cuts during August, new data shows, as employers shed staff due to a worsening economic picture.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Analysts Craig Moffett’s rating change follows a sharp rally for the tech giant.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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