as in sharpening
to make sharp or sharper
at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades
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Companies that act early—by strengthening resilience, investing in capacity, sharpening worker skills, and rethinking supply chains—will be better positioned to capture demand as it shifts.
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The attention to sharpening those skills could be paying off.
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Yet Marketplace Pulse research shows only 23% of sellers are growing revenue and improving margins at the same time; the rest are either grinding or distressed.
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The grinding process will leave a large mound of chips mixed with soil that will need to be removed and replaced with topsoil.
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“Stropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stropping. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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