solid
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—The dollar weakened against a basket of currencies amid uncertainty about whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates despite a solid U.S. economic backdrop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cristhian Mosquera: A solid display from the centre-back, who had little to deal with.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
At this point in the game, with your solid financial position, you are buying yourself options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Low oxygen levels are common inside many solid tumors, including pancreatic tumors, while healthy tissues generally contain more oxygen and are therefore less suitable for the bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
When we got home, Tansy was at the stove, looking way too solid to ever be a ghost.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Also I learned that no solids on a show day, no solids before singing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They are the only naturally occurring polyhedral solids, making them unlike almost anything else in the natural landscape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 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
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
He couldn’t even remember if he was stripes or solids.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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
But in Addison Road, a quiet corner of London's fashionable Kensington district where many members of the Russian Embassy staff live in cozy proximity to some of Britain's solidest citizens, the atmosphere was less honeyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The solidest bond between the two is the joy they share in debunking the culinary canons of their fellow Frenchmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gee," said he, "the cops are the solidest chunks of ivory I ever seen.
From Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist by John T. McIntyre
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