as in unsentimental
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Recent Examples of hard-edged
The Good, the Bad and the Painterly As Bouancheau fashioned a Puss that was more lyrical, like a character that stepped out of a fairy tale book and less hard-edged, all the other characters followed suit.
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Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-edged
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This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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In The Miracle Worker, director Arthur Penn depicted the Helen Keller story in a direct and unsentimental manner that was unusual for its time.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
18 Dec. 2024
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But if Naples’s gaudy decadence is hot on social media, the city is also experiencing a much more unromantic, enduring and crude degradation that is engulfing the youth from its poorer quarters.—
Gianni Cipriano,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
TIME,
30 Oct. 2024
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Johnson is viewed as innovative, creative and somewhat tough-minded in his coaching style.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Heat are always a tough-minded unit and it's reflected in their performance.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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And the video was a next-gen, next level piece of moviemaking, a cinema verité of the raping of the American farm, a vast, cynical travesty played out in broad daylight in Reagan’s twisted America.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Yet, there is an equally compelling reality: the risks Israel now faces by entering a deal with a cynical terrorist group that has shown time and again its commitment to destruction, and not to peace.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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This is followed by Venus conjunct Saturn in Pisces on the 18th, where your visions for the future and relationship philosophy take on a more grounded, committed tone.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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While his fantastical world of superheroes seems completely at odds with the more grounded setting of The Batman, Reeves isn't ruling out the two crossing paths.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the absence of that, there may be a need for an arbiter, with Igbokwe and Berwick’s boss, Langley, as the logical choice.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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The policy becomes logical when considering the incubation periods of STDs and how those timelines differ between illnesses.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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As brutal as the action looks on the surface, there is some rational trading taking place, even if some of the moves in individual stocks end up being overdone.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
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Our rational impulses are so automatic, and so strong, that we’re now faced with the problem of what to do with the irrational.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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The judge, a former sheriff’s deputy, has an affable but no-nonsense style and dispenses with many court formalities.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Frost earned a reputation for her no-nonsense approach and heartfelt empathy for struggling families.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Hard-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-edged. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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