as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
always store your finely edged knives in a knife block
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as in bordered
to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edged
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Leading without a baton, Luisi uses his hands to mold sounds alternately soft- and hard-edged, dark and dense or bright and shiny.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Stocks edged higher following the release, easing fears of a sharper employment slowdown.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
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In his hands, Danny’s charms quickly curdle into selfishness and sharp-edged violence.
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Meanwhile some distributors have edged their way out of the video business to focus on selling more lucrative internet packages.
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The phages developed mutations that sharpened their ability to latch onto and infect bacterial cells.—
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That agenda was sharpened by voters’ decisive rejection of Proposition Q in November — a result Watson has framed as both a mandate and a warning.—
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The Central Business District is bordered by Stemmons Freeway, Interstate 30, Woodall Rogers Freeway, and the Interstate 345 Expressway, and in 2025 a dedicated patrol division was created to focus on the unique concerns in a large city's urban core.—
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The country of more than 28 million people is bordered by Colombia to the west, Brazil to the south, Guyana to the east, and the Caribbean Sea to the north.—
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The numbers mark a sharp reversal from a spike in violence during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
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The blazer of Middleton’s look included sharp shoulders with sinuous lapels and angular pockets at the waist.—
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Three players handled the ball after the inbounds, but DiCostanzo’s 3-point shot bounded long off the back of the rim with two seconds remaining.—
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The entertainment area — bounded by Southwest Second Street, the railroad tracks, the New River and Nugent Avenue — sits near the Riverwalk, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Discovery and Science.—
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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