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sharper

[shahr-per] / ˈʃɑr pər /


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A larger five by five array of detectors could produce sharper maps and complete the work more quickly.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Those crypto-specific pressures have come into sharper focus after Strategy sold a small amount of bitcoin earlier this week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

It has been a big player in PCs for decades through its graphics chips, which produce sharper and smoother images on computer monitors—a capability videogamers prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Compared with her trip to China, Cheng can expect "far less pomp and far sharper questions" in the United States, said Ryan Hass, an expert on China and Taiwan at the Washington-based Brookings Institution.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Climbing was like life itself, only it was cast in much sharper relief, and nothing had ever hooked Beck to such a degree.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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