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
Despite Lavrov's trenchant remarks, there may be subtle hints that Putin is ready to do a deal — and that's without knowing what has gone on behind closed doors.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trenchant
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To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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But Sport mode was always selected soon after, which, besides adding rev-match downshifts and turning off auto stop/start, adds sharp exhaust tones to its deep-bass-induction soundtrack.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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