as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them
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As a result, those earlier, more trenchant observations about Frida’s plight are underbaked by the story’s end.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024
But this time around, in Industry’s most thematically cohesive outing yet, creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay have woven together each character’s storyline with a trenchant critique of capitalism that brands itself as benevolent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
Collectively, their work is dedicated to the memory of Harriet Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, a trenchant autobiographical account of her enslavement in Edenton and escape to freedom.
—Colony Little, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
While not without its critics, the book quickly earned Vance a reputation as a trenchant political analyst who, despite an Ivy League education, possessed a unique sense of how the White working class viewed the rest of the country.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 July 2024
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024
But this time around, in Industry’s most thematically cohesive outing yet, creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay have woven together each character’s storyline with a trenchant critique of capitalism that brands itself as benevolent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
Collectively, their work is dedicated to the memory of Harriet Jacobs, author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, a trenchant autobiographical account of her enslavement in Edenton and escape to freedom.
—Colony Little, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
While not without its critics, the book quickly earned Vance a reputation as a trenchant political analyst who, despite an Ivy League education, possessed a unique sense of how the White working class viewed the rest of the country.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 July 2024
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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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