- comparative of sharp.
sharper
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Their teeth were unusually specialized for eating plants compared with the sharper teeth used for eating insects that are common among many Cretaceous mammals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
That bullish positioning leaves the market vulnerable to a much sharper pullback than we have seen so far, especially if any further bad news comes along to spark renewed fears.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
US tariffs pose a modestly negative risk to Canada's overall economy, but analysts note that they have a sharper impact on Central Canada's manufacturing sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Taylor was sharper throughout, repeatedly beating the Frenchwoman to the punch before finishing with one final burst of combinations as the crowd rose to its feet.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
In it, smells and sounds were sharper, but he could see almost as well as in the light.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Among the marks and sharpers — and sometimes one person is both — there are heroes and villains.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
He was on every "sucker list" in the land and untold sharpers tried to victimize him but he understood too little to fall for their blandishments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the newshawks, photographers, gawkers and sharpers who hurried to the sleepy village of Callander, Ont. at the end of May 1554 was a Chicago promoter named Ivan I. Spear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marine and railroad companies beg passengers to beware of sharpers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three sharpers had planned to secure my money, and had succeeded; and to protect themselves, and get me comfortably out of the way, they had laid the trap into which I fell.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
