sharpen

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“Spencer Pratt is using AI the way it should be used, which is to sharpen reality,” said Matt Klink, an L.A.-based Republican political consultant.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

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

The panthers, leopards and things of that sort, sat and then stood up against the trees to sharpen their front claws.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis