acuteness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acuteness
Noun
  • The fight ends with Shauna taking a bite out of Melissa’s arm, pinning her down and demanding Melissa eat her own flesh.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On Saturday, March 29, the northeastern United States and Canada will witness a partial solar eclipse in the early hours of the day, according to Space.com, presenting a spectacle that will look as if the moon took a bite out of the sun.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This sensitivity to swings in rates is known as duration.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As a vasodilator, marijuana increases blood flow, heightening sensitivity in erogenous zones.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Underlying these advances are robust AI infrastructures, such as Stargate and the AI RAN Alliance, which enhance edge computing capabilities.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In addition, the Pentagon's future stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, will have many of the same cutting edge technologies in advanced materials, AI, propulsion and stealth.
    TARA COPP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On bridging the divide, Michel stressed the importance of recognizing the severity of the crisis, and engaging in productive dialogue.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • While San Diego County saw a decrease in acres under the highest severity rating, areas including Los Angeles County, still reeling from the Eaton and Palisades fires, saw increases of 30%.
    Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Although non-vintage, this is actually a blend of seven different vintages to add complexity and pleasing acidity.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This recipe relies heavily on the freshness and acidity of lime juice, accented with only a touch of sweetness from orange liqueur.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There will be a similar poignancy this year for the 50th anniversary of the ‘75 pennant team, which will be incomplete without Luis Tiant, who passed away last October.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The pair channel a believable chemistry as father and daughter that lands the emotional poignancy of a penultimate scene.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The third element of the trio is Mary Flynn, played by the terrific Lindsey Mendez, a 2018 Tony winner for Carousel, with a natural warmth that offsets the character’s growing acerbity.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The Brodie books demonstrate her great facility with genre, pairing pulse-quickening suspense with Atkinson’s distinctive blend of puckishness and acerbity.
    Sarah Chihaya, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • This reader, with at least 50 years more in corporeal form than Ching, could not help but rapidly identify with her wisdom and experience the poignance of her story.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • The wild-eyed goofy younger Springsteen cracks through, but never lightly, always with poignance.
    Christopher Borrelli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
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“Acuteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acuteness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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