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honed

[hohnd] / hoʊnd /










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Honed by a creative team that includes deaf artists Frank, director of ASL Michelle Banks, and scenic designer Ethan Sinnott, this “Music Man” imagines a River City that’s no mere huckster’s patsy.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Honed over decades, his starkly drawn tableaus of abstract lines and shapes, lit with minute precision, have adorned Shakespeare plays and Philip Glass operas alike.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

A version of this article appears in print on January 15, 2014, on page A1 of the with the headline: Education Leader Honed Assertive Style Working in City’s Schools.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2014

Honed to intellectual sharpness, it dwelt quietly upon a theme that has long dominated the President's thinking: peace.

From Time Magazine Archive

I beg my duty to my Mother & am with all possible respect Honed Sr, yr most Dutifull Son W. Pitt.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose




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