trenchancy

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Noun
  • Remarkably, the stimulation seemed to make songs more impactful and enjoyable.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Beyond just recording data, the system enables safe, long-term neural stimulation and remains functional and safe even within ultra-high-field MRI machines.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His campaign focuses on national security and economic stimulus.
    GRANT PECK, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • On Sunday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house of parliament, as voters gave a resounding endorsement of her right-wing agenda, which includes fiscal stimulus.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the middle of it all, songwriter Diane Warren paused to take a selfie, still evidently enjoying the giddy thrill of being in a room full of fellow hopefuls even after 17 times.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Plenty of moments on The Fall-Off remind of the hunger of his early mixtapes, the purposeful thrills of his 2010s hits, or even the misguided zaniness of KOD, though none materialize in meaningful doses.
    Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Though youth turnout is typically low in Japan, Takaichi’s rise has injected rare excitement into a demographic long disenchanted with national politics.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But not everyone shares excitement over the success sequence — which may come across as innocuous advice, but detractors say is built upon dubious data, overlooks racial disparities and shames students who are raised in single-parent households.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But Lloyd’s version brims with mordancy.
    Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The gray-tint, cross-hatched drawings evoke George Cruikshank and Samuel Palmer, but the mordancy is vintage Sendak.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 17 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • But in just the past two years, two different telehealth practices have been sanctioned for inappropriately prescribing stimulants.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • State data shows that more Connecticut residents are being prescribed stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall.
    Alex Klancko, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Trenchancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchancy. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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