as in toughness
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Noun
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In the game against Houston, a team known for its toughness and offensive rebounding, Chinyelu’s ability to absorb contact, box out relentlessly, and contest shots without fouling proved essential.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025 -
He’s had a handful of injuries, but there’s a toughness to his game, and you guys will like him.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2025
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Neuroplasticity allows for the formation of new connections, the purging of obsolete ones, and changes in the strength of existing connections—all processes that make subtle changes to the structure of our neural networks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Getty Images That said, international and U.S. stock returns tend to ebb and flow in cycles, with each showing multi-year periods of relative strength and weakness.—
Greg Iacurci,Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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In both world wars, the key to victory was not so much military prowess as unbeatable stamina.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Speed and stamina are core aspects of their role, and for most, these take a nosedive around these ages.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Studios can vary wildly in accessibility, price, cleanliness, equipment, instruction and community cultivation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Different people have different levels of cleanliness and expectations about household responsibilities.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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Premature removal of the plant foliage reduces plant vigor and bulb size.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
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Habba emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest media surrogates while one of his personal attorneys, defending the then-former president with vigor both in the courtroom and on TV.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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That absurd seriousness about such a ridiculous world is part of the vitality of the comedy.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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Like the film, the new adaptation uses the same archival footage of McCarthy and others from committee hearings and interviews, but what worked well for the multiplex lacks the same vitality in person.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Family members last year said the men slept on the floor at a high-security military prison in Kinshasa, struggling with health issues and having to pay for food and hygiene products.—
Chinedu Asadu,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Companies, nonprofits, and individuals gave away clothing, hygiene products, suitcases, cosmetics, and toys to families who had lost everything.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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