hard-core

Example Sentences

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Back in the old days, shoppers would find coupons in their Sunday newspaper, and hard core couponers would buy several papers to maximize value.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025

It needed to be "absolutely hard core" about cost reduction, he wrote in a memo first reported by The Information.

From BBC • May 1, 2024

“It was just a waste of time, because you were never going to persuade the hard core to change their position.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

“Those who are able to go hard core and play to win, Twitter is a good place,” he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

The Hispanic Center catering job is hard core.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King