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
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
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
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
She grew an answering hardness against her mother and this hardness, paradoxically enough, brought them a little closer together because it made them more alike.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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