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solid

[sol-id] / ˈsɒl ɪd /


ADJECTIVE
having three dimensions
Synonyms




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The report shows the labor market in a solid position with less than a week before the Federal Reserve is set to decide on whether to raise rates this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Healthcare stocks have been solid performers so far this month, as it seems investors are willing to pay up for a sector that stands to benefit from AI technology.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

"In the third quarter of 2026, Thales once again recorded solid growth in both order intake and revenue," CEO Patrice Caine said in the earnings release.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

At room temperature, the crystal material gradually evaporates through a process known as sublimation, in which a solid transforms directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Its head is solid gold, and its feathers are comprised of pure light.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

These devices work by measuring how much light has changed direction, or refracted, after passing through a liquid – indicating the volume of solids present.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Adding hydrogen turned soybean oil into solids such as shortening and margarine.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

After college, he tried going West and struck gold with mining equipment that helped separate solids from slurry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

Aristotelians also held that solids are denser and heavier than liquids.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The brain of a Scottish solider who died during World War Two has been buried alongside his remains in Germany.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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 sol is one of the solidest currencies in Latin America.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

This city state of Bohemia, fortified against intrusion by experiences which the casual visitor was not privileged to share, stood for Jenny as the solidest influence upon her life so far.

From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie


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