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sharpen

verb as in make knifelike

verb as in improve

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If nothing else, this exercise sharpens her conversation skills for job interviews.

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"Usually the opposition would have longer but the government collapse in popularity has happened so quickly it has sharpened focus on needing to have an alternative narrative," one Tory MP, first elected in 2024, said.

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This is why we are seeing a sharpening in the language and the policies being presented now.

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“But the old adage — iron sharpens iron. I do think we’re better for the adversity ... I’m excited for what’s to come.”

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Her prose is infectiously funny, and her ability to satirize rich people paying silly amounts of money to be led to their souls has only sharpened.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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