as in fire
a test of faith, patience, or strength
soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war
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Recent Examples of crucible
Multiverses are often crucibles of the self in which dividing into infinite variations strengthens a character’s sense of wholeness.
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Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
In the crucible of major corporate transformation, these elements can make the difference between triumph and disaster.
—Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The notion that children’s lives are forged in a crucible of relentless résumé building is somewhat undermined by current surveys of how many of their waking hours are spent on gaming and social media.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
And these glass vessels function like crucibles in the painting—that’s to say, what is put into them is transformed, and Manet needed that transformation.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
In the crucible of major corporate transformation, these elements can make the difference between triumph and disaster.
—Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The notion that children’s lives are forged in a crucible of relentless résumé building is somewhat undermined by current surveys of how many of their waking hours are spent on gaming and social media.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
And these glass vessels function like crucibles in the painting—that’s to say, what is put into them is transformed, and Manet needed that transformation.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucible
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Advertisement As of Sunday night, the fire was 49% contained, officials said.Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Arizona Republic Cool weather and the holiday season may seem like the perfect excuse to cozy up by the fire, but too many blazing yule logs can dirty the air and put some of your neighbors at risk.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Foxx is setting the record straight about his mysterious medical ordeal.Eric Andersson, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Presented as a two-hour listening gauntlet with no breaks between tracks—or as a sketchy download link on a GeoCities website that channeled Heaven’s Gate—Diamond Jubilee seemed to float in from another place and time.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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For specific models that shined their way through our gauntlet, check out our favorite robot vacuums, our favorite cheap robot vacuums, and our favorite robot mops.PCMAG, PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Crucible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucible. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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