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incisive

[in-sahy-siv] / ɪnˈsaɪ sɪv /




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It "pulls off an incredible double feat: it succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel," said Brown.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Motherwell were fighting back, knocking the ball around, playing their incisive passes, stretching Celtic, threatening their lead.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Epic novels like the 800-page “Anna Karenina” have fallen out of favor, replaced by short, incisive literature that mimics our digital lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

He led a performance here that was colorful and exciting in the cantata, lean and incisive in his underscore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Darwin’s incisive intellect would quickly have grasped its implications for the understanding of evolution.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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