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 experiments showed that this additive manufacturing strategy can preserve the hardness and mechanical strength typically achieved through conventional manufacturing methods.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
“Each and every day I have to ask God to lift the hardness in my heart, because I‘m angry,” Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
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
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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