as in acidic
very clear and direct
She provided an incisive analysis that changed my entire opinion on the issue.
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Recent Examples of incisive
The two actors’ incisive characterizations spark off each other with a constantly shifting energy — volatile and aggressive one minute, utterly defeated the next.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Follow Harris for her incisive perspective on the dynamic, rapidly evolving spaces of entrepreneurship, wellness, and lifestyle innovation.
—Meggen Harris, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Most of the Wildcats’ most incisive passes skimmed across the turf, immune to the same gusts that could knock a long ball off-course in the air.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Few would have predicted Forest rubbing shoulders with Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Newcastle, but Nuno Espírito Santo’s team have earned their place among the top six, using blistering counter-attacks and direct, incisive passing to catch opponents off guard.
—Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Follow Harris for her incisive perspective on the dynamic, rapidly evolving spaces of entrepreneurship, wellness, and lifestyle innovation.
—Meggen Harris, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Most of the Wildcats’ most incisive passes skimmed across the turf, immune to the same gusts that could knock a long ball off-course in the air.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Few would have predicted Forest rubbing shoulders with Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Newcastle, but Nuno Espírito Santo’s team have earned their place among the top six, using blistering counter-attacks and direct, incisive passing to catch opponents off guard.
—Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incisive
Adjective
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Crisp, acidic and linear aromas of grapefruit, green apples, melon, candy cane and lemon grass; slight lime and salt.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Most veggies prefer slightly acidic soil, but these crops thrive in more alkaline gardens.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The acid content of these foods irritates your child's skin, causing redness that can look like a rash.6 Viruses and Bacterial Infections Certain viral or bacterial infections may cause multiple symptoms around the mouth, including a rash.—
Wendy Wisner,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The mood is a mix of ironic and sincere in equal measure, with plenty of pastiche and a heavy appreciation for the profundity of cultural detritus.—
Savannah Sobrevilla,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Despite her difficult childhood, Mavis persevered, through grit, bloody-mindedness, an absence of self-pity, and an ironic sense of humor.—
Margaret Atwood,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Refine your key points to be clear and concise—no rambling monologues.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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As the celebration on the floor dispersed to make way for the second national semifinal, Clayton could be seen greeting every teammate and staffer who offered a handshakes or a hug with a concise message.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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However, what many fans do agree on is the power of how a middle-aged women's friendship group's narrative concluded—with a poignant realization on friendship and aging.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This post contains details about the Yellowjackets, Season 3 episode ‘How the Story Ends’ As Yellowjackets fans mourn the Showtime series’ latest shocking death, the loss is especially poignant for the woman behind the team.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Each installment of the writer-director Mike White’s acerbic satire opens with a guest at the titular hotel chain stumbling upon a dead body, before rewinding a week to introduce a motley crew of patrons and staff who might each end up being the deceased.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Hub is a second-generation bondsman, having followed in the footsteps of his acerbic mother — and, as a middle-aged divorcée, roommate — Kitty (Beth Grant).—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Buy Now 06 of 14 'The Chosen and the Beautiful' by Nghi Vo Daisy’s longtime friend and sardonic golf-playing flapper Jordan Baker is a minor character in The Great Gatsby.—
Danielle Teller,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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