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
The second year of a CEO’s tenure is a crucible.
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Ty Wiggins, Harvard Business Review, 13 Oct. 2025
The light is directed onto a crucible inside a solar reactor, and melts metal scraps that are then cast into new ingots.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Even under another October crucible.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Operating under daily threat and surveillance, the studio becomes a crucible of moral sacrifice, artistic resistance, and survival.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
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Ty Wiggins, Harvard Business Review, 13 Oct. 2025
The light is directed onto a crucible inside a solar reactor, and melts metal scraps that are then cast into new ingots.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Even under another October crucible.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Operating under daily threat and surveillance, the studio becomes a crucible of moral sacrifice, artistic resistance, and survival.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crucible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucible
Noun
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Then the 23-year-old's plane suddenly dove straight into the ground and caught on fire.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This revelation — along with the realization that Cahir shares his prophetic dreams about Ciri — is enough to move even Geralt’s icy heart, which is no small thing, since witchers are put through an ordeal specifically designed to suppress their emotions.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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In what turned out to be a grueling monthslong ordeal, Kowalski's family alleged, she was handed over to state custody — and the hospital eventually barred Beata from contacting her daughter.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Then they're run a gantlet of exams and years of training, amid constant scrutiny and with patients' lives on the line.—
Charlotte Huff,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Fans of 29 other teams wouldn't enjoy the sight of LA adding another stone to its rotation infinity gauntlet, but the Dodgers aren't in the business of letting their competition keep up.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Crucible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucible. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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