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Given the mix of participants, the document is blunt about how they should behave: "Check your assumptions by asking clarifying questions" and "attack problems, not people."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The genomic evidence from living people has not, so far, detected their signal clearly – but the tools available until recently were blunt instruments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Grynkewich recently spelled out the approach in a speech on his “theory of victory,” explaining that NATO’s defensive forces would first block the initial wave of any attack and then blunt follow-on action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The frustration and anger from the stands came after a 1-0 defeat which included a goalkeeping howler by Lukas Hornicek, a red card for substitute Jacob Ramsey and another blunt attacking performance.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

His blunt statement had a gravitational pull, drawing me back into the room.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

A walk after dinner, meaning 10 to 20 minutes of light movement, already consistently blunts unhealthy post-meal glucose spikes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

Every shipment that makes it across the desert blunts the pressure from a closed strait and gives Gulf governments room to wait out the negotiations and shift the balance of power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

They used to come all in one day but as time goes by they are more widely spaced and, to some extent, time blunts the edges.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

"The problem is that most evidence shows metformin blunts exercise benefits."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025

History D is a good course: the lectures do not come until eleven o'clock, and no thought of them blunts the edge of the evening before.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin

Amit Yair, 77, was blunter as he waited in a long queue to order coffee.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The beta mom backlash is a response to several converging realities: A blunter cultural dialogue around maternal mental health that has stripped the glamour from “having it all,” and a shifting economic landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

They were, to be blunter than that, living beyond their means.

From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026

When pressed on whether she should speak to clients who would be her patients, to whom she owed a duty of care, she was blunter still.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Later, testifying at Oppenheimer’s security trial, he delivered a blunter assessment: “Pretty foggy thinking,” he called it.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“It bears emphasizing that war is among the bluntest instruments available to policymakers—economic or military,” Singh writes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

What Sullivan has left behind is the bluntest of warnings.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

He was bluntest in speaking of the war in Ukraine.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2022

Britain has voiced some of the bluntest criticisms of the pullout, which is unusual for a country that regards itself as the United States' closest ally.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2021

"No; he has no family, and not many friends, for he says what he means in the bluntest English, and few stand the test his sincerity applies."

From Moods by Louisa May Alcott

By pausing, Warsh has blunted, for now, one potential threat to his institution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

To this point, age has not blunted Messi's ability.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

China’s steady efforts to diversify its energy, especially in renewables, and building up its strategic petroleum reserves blunted the hit.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

The S&P 500 stock index has been higher than it was before the war, and the rise in oil prices has been blunted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Now that Guitar was completely enthusiastic, Milkman’s own excitement was blunted.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Along with social media’s effect on human behavior, it’s had a heavy hand in blunting the journalism industry.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

They are World War I letter openers, made from scrap wood or by blunting the edge of a military blade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

That likely keeps oil and energy prices elevated well into the summer months, and possibly beyond, keeping Treasury bond yields higher and blunting the chances of a Federal Reserve rate cut.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

"Even before the tumors were palpable, we see about a 40 or 50% blunting of this corticosterone rhythm," he said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2026

“Don’t you want Granny to live with us?” she asked, blunting my question.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright