vigorous

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They compared overall physical activity levels with how much of that activity was vigorous, then tracked participants' risk of developing eight major diseases over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

“We are now in the process of gathering all the facts and look forward to presenting a vigorous defense on behalf of Mr. Keenan.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The economy can still grow at a vigorous pace even if it’s not adding net jobs, analysts say, so long as businesses retain most employees and layoffs stay low.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The first thing she does in the morning is give her phone 30 vigorous shakes, smacking it with one hand into the palm of the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë