hardness

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Recent Examples of hardness Test strips were again used to evaluate the hardness of the water once the testing period concluded. Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024 Quantum annealing: This term is borrowed from annealing, a process that uses heat to alter the physical or chemical properties of a metal, glass, or plastic film to increase ductility and reduce hardness. Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024 Consider Your Water's Hardness Level Water hardness also plays a role in when your sink should be cleaned. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025 Water hardness is determined by the amount of minerals present in your water. Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hardness
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Noun
  • Surrounded by unpredictability and hardship, one certainty remains for Herzallah: that if help is given, Palestinians can rebuild.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Her great-grandmom’s sudden death due to the then untreatable disease tuberculosis caused all those hardships.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Matthew Tkachuk’s injury Of utmost importance for the Panthers now that the tournament has concluded: Figuring out the severity of Matthew Tkachuk’s lower-body injury that hobbled him for most of the tournament.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Rivers told reporters that the risk of the appeal being unsuccessful and the suspension then ending later in the season was too great of a risk, even if the team disagreed with the severity of the punishment.
    Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If the firm backing the ETN has financial difficulties, the note might not be paid in full.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, Bell admitted to having difficulties with superspeedway-style racing earlier in his career but credited his team's hard work for the successful adjustments.
    Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Hardness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardness. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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