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trenchant

[tren-chuhnt] / ˈtrɛn tʃənt /


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If philosophy begins in wonder, trenchant social drama seems to start in laughter.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was Britain's favourite artist - and a man of trenchant views, expressed in the broadest of Yorkshire vowels.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Since becoming the first US-born pope a year ago this week, Leo XIV's measured style has given way to a trenchant tone in an ongoing confrontation with US President Donald Trump.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

Still, China’s stagnant dollar economy is at the heart of many of its most trenchant problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

You miss the trenchant articles in Tom Emmett's newspaper.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis




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