solid
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John Stones remains a class act but is now 32, while elsewhere England are solid and reliable rather than spectacular.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
They are on track to show solid or even above-average growth in the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Another quarter of solid earnings from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing did little to mitigate a rough patch for chip stocks, with investors worried more about its spending plans than its bright outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The toxic byproducts of developing solid fuel and nuclear technologies were not long in arriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Animals, used to solid ground, only have their instincts.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
A BEC is made up of matter waves and is considered a fifth state of matter in addition to solids, liquids, gases, and plasma.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
In solids, atoms form tightly packed lattice structures.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Missing the 20% minimum threshold for cocoa solids in a bar, Nestle had to change the labeling, according to a spokesperson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
With five Euclidean solids to play with, and one sphere inside the innermost solid as well as one outside the outermost solid, this defined six spheres—one for each of the orbits of the planets.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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
He recalls being told by an officer, that it's not so important how deep a solider can dig.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
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
Every piece of plaster and wood is the solidest money can buy.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the solidest and best of the year's firsts was The Encounter, Crawford Power's portrayal of a parish priest's struggle with pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
Send out the call to about three hundred of your solidest men.
From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge
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