sharpen

Example Sentences

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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

"Our hope is that this work will refine our view of past warmer climates and sharpen our understanding of how different elements of the Earth system interact," said Marks-Peterson.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

"We have some of the best human capital anywhere in the world. We just need to sharpen it with more training," Ruto added.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

"How he gonna sharpen it on the floor, yo?"

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson