sharpened
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The race to adapt on the battlefield has been sharpened by a parallel public relations war.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
On this tour, even warhorses like “The Promised Land” or “Badlands,” which are always on the setlist, are honed and sharpened.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
It called for existing cybersecurity measures to be sharpened to adapt to the new reality of faster, automated, and increasingly sophisticated attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
She peered at me over her glasses; her eyes sharpened on me like a bird of prey spying a mouse.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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