as in lucidity
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Recent Examples of incisiveness
When did Kuminga start playing with incisiveness, with an eye for not just a clean, defense-breaking pass, but the pass after that, as well?
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Deploying the Englishman in a high-and-wide wing-back role can give Madrid more incisiveness and quality on the opposite side, allowing Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Bellingham to overload the left flank.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incisiveness
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That need for validation is seen most immediately in Isabella but broadens out to Sam the director in the film whom Isabella accuses in a moment of catty lucidity of fearing that he will be exposed as a talentless coward with nothing to say….—
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As Chandan drifts between lucidity and confusion, Shoaib tries to comfort him, but his condition deteriorates rapidly.—
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Here are Pereira’s thoughts on several topics, edited for clarity and brevity.—
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Contemporary voices echo this caution with striking clarity.—
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These tools allow very fine, even incisions and can support dense, natural-looking growth.—
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The incision is closed with just a few sutures.—
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While not perfect, Johnson was involved in many of Palace’s best attacking moments and brought directness and purpose, qualities that have been lacking in their game since Ismaila Sarr left just before Christmas to play for Senegal in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.—
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Learn to handle directness without getting defensive.—
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WalletHub has studied deferred interest since 2012, periodically flagging retailers that offer the loans and rating their financing offers on transparency and forthrightness.—
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Monique’s penchant for forthrightness, almost to the point of abruptness, is what makes her reintegration to the cast fascinating already.—
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Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.—
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While Western societies tend to favor clear, direct communication, Haque said non-Western cultures often view such explicitness as disrespectful, meaning people with roots in those cultures learn to strike a delicate balance between appeasing a difficult elder and staying true to oneself.—
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In a season dominated by a search for sensuality without explicitness, fringe delivered a fresh solution.—
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“Incisiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incisiveness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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