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trenchant

[tren-chuhnt] / ˈtrɛn tʃənt /


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Starting next week, the Surge is going to look different: sleeker and fresher but still phenomenally trenchant.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Still, China’s stagnant dollar economy is at the heart of many of its most trenchant problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

He has trenchant critics, and potential rivals, but still has approval ratings of which most western leaders can only dream.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Anchored by Huertas’ blazing performance, Pierre Saint-Martin’s trenchant debut plays both as a portrait of a person stuck in a state of perpetual grieving and an indictment of a troubled country.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

I do not think that a more trenchant word has been spoken to this nation since 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'

From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps




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