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
Through Shirley’s eyes, Perry reframes the collection, weaving a tale that is both tender and trenchant.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Whereas Videodrome could once reductively be described as a cautionary tale about the corrosive influence of television, its anxieties have only grown more trenchant.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
These basic ideas, far from revelatory, never come close to the trenchant critiques of hedonism in Wilde’s 1891 novel.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Image Wood’s critique — the way technology has left us prone to dysfunctional loneliness — is trenchant, but his approach is fundamentally goofy.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Whereas Videodrome could once reductively be described as a cautionary tale about the corrosive influence of television, its anxieties have only grown more trenchant.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
These basic ideas, far from revelatory, never come close to the trenchant critiques of hedonism in Wilde’s 1891 novel.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Image Wood’s critique — the way technology has left us prone to dysfunctional loneliness — is trenchant, but his approach is fundamentally goofy.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trenchant
sharp
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Its exterior is an awkward mashup of new and old ideas—the sharp roofline and giant windscreen give off the impression the car has been crushed—though its dual-color paint job and full-width headlights really work.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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That’s how North Beach, the Miami Beach neighborhood that stands in sharp contrast to oft-electric South Beach, was usually described.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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