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Recent Examples of sharpen
Spend your days relaxing by the pool or sharpening your culinary chops with an in-villa cooking class.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
The set of 14 includes six steak knives, a chef knife, bread knife, santoku knife, utility knife, paring knife, kitchen scissors, an acacia wood knife block, and sharpening steel.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 July 2025
That practical foundation, coupled with an innate creative sensibility, has sharpened her business acumen.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Thirty years in state government sharpened her instincts.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
The set of 14 includes six steak knives, a chef knife, bread knife, santoku knife, utility knife, paring knife, kitchen scissors, an acacia wood knife block, and sharpening steel.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 July 2025
That practical foundation, coupled with an innate creative sensibility, has sharpened her business acumen.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Thirty years in state government sharpened her instincts.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharpen
Verb
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The fact that everybody was there and everyone was grinding, there was that little extra motivation to really get this thing going.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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This precise semiautomatic machine can grind your beans, push out balanced shots, and froth your milk.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Its goal in bringing together these enforcement bodies is to hone their resources to focus on the investigation and prosecution of Customs fraud, among other issues.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 July 2025
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Having honed their skills in a college sketch-comedy troupe, the trio’s strategy was to throw as many jokes per minute at the screen as possible, the sillier the better, ensuring that enough of them stuck to cushion the ones that missed the mark.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Watching that Champions League has whetted Zubimendi’s appetite for his first appearance at the Emirates Stadium.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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And, to whet your reality appetite, here is the list of 16 houseguests competing.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Sharpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpen. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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