sharpen

"Our findings suggest fear may blur the boundary between danger and safety rather than sharpen it," said senior author Mark Brandon, Associate Professor in McGill's Department of Psychiatry and Researcher at the Douglas.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Those moves are part of an effort by new Disney Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro to sharpen the company’s focus and help it respond faster to the changing entertainment industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Instead, she said, governments should "look very carefully into the measures they're putting in place" and "sharpen the targeting of this support".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Some teenagers are already using artificial intelligence to tackle homework, revise for exams and sharpen coursework.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Wish I'd said, “Here's my pocket money, sharpen what you can, please, right now.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

President and Chief Executive Clay Gaspar said the deal is the outcome of an ongoing portfolio review and sharpens the company’s focus on its highest-return and longest-duration assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“It’s the epitome of iron sharpens iron,” Adams said when asked about McDuffie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

That contrast sharpens Rotterdam's concern about losing energy intensive industry to regions with looser rules and cheaper power.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Nvidia’s newly announced Halos for Robotics safety stack sharpens the point: The company is building the software, compute and safety layer around humanoids, not trying to own the entire machine.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Fennel sharpens the sight and is an antidote to some poisons.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

“For her, it sharpened some sense of empathy and curiosity about people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Although sharpened wooden weapons were used hundreds of thousands of years ago, relatively few examples have survived.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

A Neanderthal who died 75,000 years ago may have been struck through the chest by a sharpened wooden spear, archaeologists say.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The barb on Mr. King’s hook, sharpened by Mr. Flanagan, is how Carrie’s buoyant expectations, and ours, are so gleefully perforated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Each of the kids held a stick, the end sharpened, and had the look of someone with a secret.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

That could be sharpening the temperature contrast across Eurasia, which in turn would amplify Rossby waves and making the polar vortex more likely to be disrupted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

It marks the moment when AI systems take control of their own development, sharpening and rewriting their own code, constantly refining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

He reads psychology and self-help books, talks openly about sharpening his mind and appears to spend far more time analysing himself than most 21-year-olds.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

She did this countless times across her decades of unwavering support for the queer community, softening and sharpening her humor according to the severity of whatever topic she waded into.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was used to having his Wraith around—feeding the crows outside his window, sharpening her knives while he worked at his desk, chastising him with her Suli proverbs.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo