trenchant
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When Mr. Hart discusses commanders and strategy his views are typically trenchant and insightful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Associated Newspapers has not issued a statement in response to the BBC, but has previously denied the allegations, saying it has "filed a trenchant defence of its journalism against claims of phone-hacking".
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Smith understood how her features cut into and through a role – wide eyes amply lidded, trenchant cheekbones, features that one might associate with snobbery.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
But the most spirited discussions at Cannes are over whether the movie is trenchant or skin-deep.
From New York Times • May 22, 2024
It is strange that he should have been mastered by the gross imposture of witchcraft, when he could expose with trenchant force the pretensions of alchemists, astrologers, and Rosicrucians.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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