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trenchant

[tren-chuhnt] / ˈtrɛn tʃənt /


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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

He has trenchant critics, and potential rivals, but still has approval ratings of which most western leaders can only dream.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Jude is especially trenchant about how these realities are sold to us, and what’s inherently funny and tragic about that.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Of course this trenchant passage refers only to the principles of the school found to fail.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William




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