hard-edged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-edged
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Those changes were accompanied by more hard-edged policies, such as stricter uniforms for staff and rules that bar people from using the bathroom without a purchase.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
A hard-edged 1928 coffee table may be made of oak, but it’s covered in shimmering mica.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Ahead of the meeting in London, Starmer insisted - as he often has in the past - that Ukraine needed "hard-edged security guarantees".
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
On “The Last of Us,” Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac Dixon is the hard-edged leader of the Washington Liberation Front, a rebel group fighting the Seraphites, a theocratic cult, for control of post-Cordyceps Seattle.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
Long slopes they climbed, dark, hard-edged against the sky already red with sunset.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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