hardness
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It is a pas de deux of contrasts—roughness and polish, hardness and softness, danger and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The laser-leading method also struggled to maintain the hardness required for success.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Without the energy of talismanic all-rounder Stokes, England were bereft of penetration when the ball lost its hardness and pitch went to sleep.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
USC coach Lincoln Riley said after the Trojans’ victory in the Las Vegas Bowl, “There’s a toughness and a hardness that’s developing within this program.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2025
Atoms and corpuscles are not machines, but their interaction is determined by size, shape and hardness, just as the interaction of the parts of a clock are.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing hardness
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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