poignant
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At the center of that impulse is the arch, which will destroy a poignant visual reminder of Kennedy, who is perhaps more symbolic of that consensus than any other American.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
That is especially poignant as the company’s bitter AI rival Anthropic is capturing market share and seeing a rapidly rising valuation in a race with OpenAI to go public.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Section 2 comes out of one of the most poignant exemplars of patriotism and love of country I can point to in our history.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
Roper says a local pub landlord raised money for the headstone and chose the words to place on it: "It's quite... poignant that those words were chosen because it was some mother's son."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The Teacherage, which stands opposite the up-to-date school, is an out-of-date edifice, drab and poignant.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing poignant
Grade 12, List 1
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 7
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