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whetted

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verb

past tense of whet
as in ground
to make sharp or sharper whetted the knife with the grindstone

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sharp
Adjective
  • The find came during an impressive outing for the 36-year-old Democrat on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which the aspiring preacher espoused the same brand of sharp sound bytes that has earned him almost a million TikTok followers.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 21 July 2025
  • Colbert brought a sharper, politically critical timbre.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 21 July 2025
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“Whetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whetted. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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