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• s  having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
  trenchant criticism
• s  characterized by or full of force and vigor
  a trenchant argument
• s  clearly or sharply defined to the mind
  trenchant distinctions between right and wrong

• In fact, some of the most trenchant assaults on liberalism have been mounted by liberal renegades, whose arguments are honed by their disappointment.
• Interspersing trenchant facts with lively anecdotes, the writer hurtles through 600 years of Filipino history, and, all of a sudden, Manila begins to make sense.
• Tough, trenchant and tenacious, Arsenio Lacson reminds many Americans of Manhattan's rambunctious Fiorello La Guardia, who also served three terms.

• searching
• hard-hitting
• clear-cut
• distinct

News & Articles

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• Sarah Charlesworth, Incisive Conceptual Photographer, Dies at 66
  Artist Sarah Charlesworth, whose trenchant work investigated pop culture by borrowing from and tweaking its imagery, died of a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday, according to her New York gallery, Susan Inglett. She was 66. Ms. Charlesworth is perhaps best known for her “Modern History” series, which she made from 1977 to 1979 by producing photographs of the front pages of various newspapers ...
  June 26, 2013 - The New York Observer

Quotes

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• Mark Thompson in guardian.co.uk
  Thompson, in a speech in Manchester today, said that "public expectations about openness, trustworthiness and every kind of value for money are becoming more trenchant, more insistent and more vocal than ever before".
• Brian Cowen in Irish Times
  Taoiseach Brian Cowen described Cardinal Daly as "a trenchant supporter of peace" who "determinedly used his influence in every way he could to bring about a peaceful solution" in Northern Ireland.
• Jon Pareles in Reuters
  Writing in the New York Times about his sold-out Madison Square Garden show, Jon Pareles said: "Unlike many other rockers of his generation, Mr. Bowie, 56, made his recent songs sound just as trenchant as the oldies. . . Mr. Bowie has sung many of...