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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
  • 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
  • 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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“Whetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whetted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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