sharpen

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“Our challenges, while not systemic, highlight where we must sharpen our operational edge,” Chief Operating Officer Dan Janki told employees in a memo this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Fortunately, we saw enough to sharpen up a list of favorites.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Grove dumped his thoughts into marble composition notebooks to sharpen his thinking, said Richard S. Tedlow, a Harvard Business School professor emeritus who was granted access to those journals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

We sharpen their ears to the malicious, hardly audible buzz of the smaller shells that are not easily distinguishable.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque