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sharp-edged

[shahrp-ejd] / ˈʃɑrpˈɛdʒd /






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Seldom, though, has this story had as wise and witty a narrator as Robert O’Connell, a military historian whose sharp-edged style is evident right from the cheeky title of his book “Band on the Run.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Lindsey Hoell, founder of a reusable container logistics company called Dispatch Goods and a member of PR3’s standards panel, has forgone sharp-edged takeout food containers in favor of ones with smoother edges that “feel fancier.”

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

Unlike on Earth, this dust is not smoothed by wind and weather, but is sharp-edged and also electrostatically charged.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

“It may be a sharp-edged hope, hope like a razor blade, but you can use a razor blade to cut a hole in a box you’re stuck in and crawl out,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Others were shaved clean, their features gaunt and sharp-edged as the iron longswords across their laps.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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