- comparative of sharp.
sharper
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In volume terms, factory sales were down a sharper 1.4% for the months though up 0.4% year-over-year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
That bullish positioning leaves the market vulnerable to a much sharper pullback than we have seen so far, especially if any further bad news comes along to spark renewed fears.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
US tariffs pose a modestly negative risk to Canada's overall economy, but analysts note that they have a sharper impact on Central Canada's manufacturing sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Taylor was sharper throughout, repeatedly beating the Frenchwoman to the punch before finishing with one final burst of combinations as the crowd rose to its feet.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Dill wipes the water from his face and the sound of applause from the riverbank becomes sharper as the water drains from his ears.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Among the marks and sharpers — and sometimes one person is both — there are heroes and villains.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Among the newshawks, photographers, gawkers and sharpers who hurried to the sleepy village of Callander, Ont. at the end of May 1554 was a Chicago promoter named Ivan I. Spear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon they, shrewd sharpers, were betting on each other's spelling prowess.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remember," cautions Littlewoods' pamphlet Safe Investment, "there are many sharks and sharpers .
From Time Magazine Archive
The old man was almost imbecile, but the old woman still kept her faculties, and her eyes glanced furtively into all the corners, like a pair of sharpers watching their opportunity.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
