poignant
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In a poignant new novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Olive Kitteridge” explores the limits of human connection and the weight of unspoken truths.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Ultimately, reaching the Mesolithic Period has obviously become the highlight of the excavation and something that's particularly poignant to myself.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
The “Friends & Neighbors” story line is more poignant for the fact that Peet looks like an actual, perimenopausal woman, albeit a strikingly beautiful one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Judy, also from the Marina, said: "It just makes it feel more poignant and frightening actually that it can happen so close."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
It would make for a poignant moment of television.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
Vocabulary lists containing poignant
Grade 12, List 1
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