1
: a sharp wedge of steel or other hard material used as a fulcrum for a lever beam in a precision instrument
2
: a sharp narrow knifelike edge
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The Republican candidate and Democrat rival Kamala Harris will soon know how the votes will finally land after months of knife-edge campaigning.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The knife-edge finish — with fewer than 1% of ballots still to be counted — is far from a resounding endorsement of the pro-EU path that Sandu has pursued over four years at the helm of the small ex-Soviet republic tugged between Russia and the West.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
With the game on a knife-edge, it was left to Ionescu to be the difference.
—Ben Church, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Almost all of the trails are amazing, but locals love The Spine, a short A-line section of the Wasatch Crest Trail, with crazy exposure on a knife-edge ridge.
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—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2024
The knife-edge decision saw five members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee vote to reduce the rate, while four wanted to keep it on hold.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
With the match poised on a knife-edge, India’s captain Rohit Sharma sent Bumrah in to bowl his final two overs well ahead of schedule and the star bowler repaid his captain by stymieing the run rate and taking the wicket of Marco Jansen for good measure.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 29 June 2024
This comes at a time when wealth and power in the supply chain have never been more unbalanced, with workers who were already living on the knife-edge of subsistence paying the price for the geopolitical instability that has roiled production and stoked inflation.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The knife-edge finish — with fewer than 1% of ballots still to be counted — is far from a resounding endorsement of the pro-EU path that Sandu has pursued over four years at the helm of the small ex-Soviet republic tugged between Russia and the West.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
With the game on a knife-edge, it was left to Ionescu to be the difference.
—Ben Church, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Almost all of the trails are amazing, but locals love The Spine, a short A-line section of the Wasatch Crest Trail, with crazy exposure on a knife-edge ridge.
7.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2024
The knife-edge decision saw five members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee vote to reduce the rate, while four wanted to keep it on hold.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
With the match poised on a knife-edge, India’s captain Rohit Sharma sent Bumrah in to bowl his final two overs well ahead of schedule and the star bowler repaid his captain by stymieing the run rate and taking the wicket of Marco Jansen for good measure.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 29 June 2024
This comes at a time when wealth and power in the supply chain have never been more unbalanced, with workers who were already living on the knife-edge of subsistence paying the price for the geopolitical instability that has roiled production and stoked inflation.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Knife-edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knife-edge. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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