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solid

[sol-id] / ˈsɒl ɪd /


ADJECTIVE
having three dimensions
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The Kobe kittens weighed around 150 grams when they were born but now weigh more than one kilo and are starting to eat solid food like chicken and horse meat, the zoo said.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Lost valuable practice time following a suspension failure and started near the back, so recovering to 13th was more than a solid result.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Horan thinks AT&T has a “few solid quarters” before pressure from Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-internet division, becomes a major concern.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Here, she talks about her time as a cover singer in bars, her connection with Styles and the importance of avoiding solid food on show days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Boaz even tilted his head to check for a flicker, but they remained perfectly solid.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Also I learned that no solids on a show day, no solids before singing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Superionic materials are unusual because they behave partly like solids and partly like liquids.

From Science Daily Apr. 21, 2026

In solids, atoms form tightly packed lattice structures.

From Science Daily Apr. 19, 2026

Urine is stored in a tank and is vented out each day; solids are stored in canisters designed to control odor and gas buildup.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

There’s a scene in the 1981 Bill Murray film Stripes where a solider introduces himself to his colleagues as “Psycho,” though his real name is Francis.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

It was not clear whether the solider who died was among that toll.

From Barron's Mar. 12, 2026

Packaged in cosplay costumes — cowgirl, solider, even firefighter and pilot — we were supposed to see her as strong.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

It was over the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and I’d gone in disguised as a British solider.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

John Martin, in The New York Times, hailed it as an unlikely success, “the solidest foundation that has yet been laid for the development of the art of ballet in America.”

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

They persisted in seeing it as the solidest, most plausible candidate.

From The Guardian Feb. 28, 2011

The value of the Swiss franc, the world's solidest currency, has increased 5% since last September, while the West German mark has risen 3%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every piece of plaster and wood is the solidest money can buy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around and around the planet, in brief bursts of completely incomprehensible speed, the huge ship darted; the biggest, solidest, yet most elusive and fantastic "flying saucer" ever to visit that world.

From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)




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