- comparative of sharp.
sharper
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Half of Americans report feeling divided from one another; a recent Stanford study gives this fracture a sharper name: the “empathy perception gap.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
But that agreement can obscure a much sharper divergence.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
However, the analysts remain cautious on the shares, arguing that the stock’s strong rally this year has already priced in a sharper acceleration in growth than is currently evident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
My voice came out sharper than I intended.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Among the marks and sharpers — and sometimes one person is both — there are heroes and villains.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Stephen Paine, of Wall Street's reputable Paine, Webber & Co., lent the sharpers $580,000 to buy the voting stock of Continental, grab control of Continental's $3,371,000 portfolio.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the home there are sometimes sharpers; never at a reputable club.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the shares reached a peak, a new group of sharpers moved in, said Lefkowitz.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with high intellectual powers in certain directions, he had a simplicity of nature charming in itself, but often calculated to render him the easy prey of sharpers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
