as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them
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Kumar, who heads an economic think tank, and Menon, one of the country's premier security specialists, are cogent in their analyses and trenchant in their opinions.
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Shashi Tharoor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010
Though the original film in the Purge franchise had deeply trenchant messaging, subsequent sequels have become even more political, with deep warnings about inequality, systemic abuse and racial injustice.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 1 Oct. 2024
Looming over all of this is Netflix, one of the first subscription streaming services and the first to figure out most of the trenchant questions facing the industry, while growing to 290 million subscribers worldwide.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
As a result, those earlier, more trenchant observations about Frida’s plight are underbaked by the story’s end.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Shashi Tharoor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010
Though the original film in the Purge franchise had deeply trenchant messaging, subsequent sequels have become even more political, with deep warnings about inequality, systemic abuse and racial injustice.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 1 Oct. 2024
Looming over all of this is Netflix, one of the first subscription streaming services and the first to figure out most of the trenchant questions facing the industry, while growing to 290 million subscribers worldwide.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
As a result, those earlier, more trenchant observations about Frida’s plight are underbaked by the story’s end.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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