: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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Other bills by Senate Republicans include streamlining underground power line projects, giving tax credits to homeowners who perform home hardening, and excluding property damage settlement money from taxable income.
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Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
The company continues to focus on investments in wildfire mitigation, system hardening, and infrastructure improvements.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
California has begun a grant program to help with home hardening, as it's known, in a handful of counties.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Of course, even the most thorough hardening can’t one-hundred percent guarantee that a home won’t burn.
—Josh Schlossberg, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
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Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
The company continues to focus on investments in wildfire mitigation, system hardening, and infrastructure improvements.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
California has begun a grant program to help with home hardening, as it's known, in a handful of counties.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Of course, even the most thorough hardening can’t one-hundred percent guarantee that a home won’t burn.
—Josh Schlossberg, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Hardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardening. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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hardening
noun
hard·en·ing
ˈhärd-niŋ, -ᵊn-iŋ 
: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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