hardness
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Materials with this level of hardness are among the toughest used in industrial applications and rank just below superhard materials such as sapphire and diamond.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
You were able to capture so much about the daddy issues that she has and where the maybe hardness or prickliness comes from.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
"We examined different sand shapes, finding a sand that would give us hardness, combining elements of clay, silt and particle distribution to make sure that we had a high-binding strength soil," says McKay.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
And he could feel a shell of hardness drawing over him.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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Earth Science - Middle School
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