sharply
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Key details: The headline increase in wholesale prices was exaggerated by a large rise in a category known as retail trade margins that often gyrates sharply from month to month.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
That idea sharply conflicts with the classical view that every particle should carry its own independent reality, a conflict that famously troubled Einstein.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
However, Adlington said a series of price shocks over recent years had intensified, with global events pushing fuel prices sharply higher.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The Hangzhou-based company eked out adjusted net profit of 86 million yuan, equivalent to $12.7 million, in the three months ended March, down sharply from 29.85 billion yuan a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The masks Picasso saw—expressive, sharply featured, wholly new—were in fact recent works of art, and they were brilliantly innovative.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing sharply
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