trenchant
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Still, China’s stagnant dollar economy is at the heart of many of its most trenchant problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He has trenchant critics, and potential rivals, but still has approval ratings of which most western leaders can only dream.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
Her work builds on a simple but trenchant observation: In the long history of Western painting, monumental portraits of Black women are almost nonexistent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
"She was excessively artificial, but not altogether uninteresting," observed Wyn, in her trenchant way.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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