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"sharpen" is an entirely correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to describe making something sharper or more pointed, or as a metaphor for improving an action or skill. For example: "She took some time to sharpen her public speaking skills before giving her presentation."
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I want to sharpen our commissioning to produce more selective, relevant, high quality content.
The British teen allegedly responded: "Sharpen that as hard as you can, then run police over and decapitate".
There's a range of flavours but the caramel custard and honeycomb remains the one to sharpen your elbows for.
Todiwala says: "You may like to sharpen your lassi with a squeeze of lime juice".
At a meeting in Oman earlier this month, differences over these two crucial points appeared to sharpen after Washington and its five negotiating partners – the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China – presented Tehran with a position paper that offered only limited and temporary sanctions relief in the short term, unless Tehran made deeper cuts in its capacity to enrich uranium.
But his work yielded unexpected insights and forced social scientists to rethink their assumptions and sharpen their analyses, the better to learn why people behave as they do and how policy can best help.
This week he seemed to sharpen things up.
An assertion of its shared political values would sharpen the group's brand identity, helping to attract investment.
He did not dwell on recent bans on the LTTE by Britain and Canada, or the military stalemate between the rebels and the government, which sharpen the incentive to talk.Tamils in Mallavi, a town in the Tamil-controlled Vanni area, dutifully echo their leader's optimism.
Indeed, the DFS's success in collecting $340m may sharpen the incentives to "prosecute by press release", if only because the rewards for being the first to file can be so great.A settlement with one regulator, moreover, does not mean settlement with them all.
Egged on by the PKK, Syrian Kurds have established autonomous cantons which Turkey fears will sharpen Kurdish separatism within its own borders.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com