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
Everything from traction, the hardness of the surface, how high the ball bounces, how far the ball rolls and shock absorption have been looked into.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
“There’s a toughness and a hardness that’s developing within this program right now,” Riley said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024
I need hardness, cold, rigidity; not this heaviness, as if I’m a melon on a stem, this liquid ripeness.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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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