as in difficulty
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
working two jobs was a hardship he was willing to endure to get out of debt
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Recent Examples of hardship
In a neighborhood often overshadowed by hardship, Roth and Clarke had become unlikely first responders – one with nothing more than a stick and jumper cables, the other with lessons learned a half century ago in Vietnam.
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April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Dorsett described the children as distraught by their father's detention and said his absence has created emotional and financial hardship.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Four of the five county residents who serve as individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim financial hardships that put Santa Clara County’s permit expenses far out of reach, while one who did pay the fees objected on principle to having to bear the costs.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
With Miguel Herrán and Arón Piper starring, Vivas’ historical drama examines ideological enmity confronted by shared hardship.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
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April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Dorsett described the children as distraught by their father's detention and said his absence has created emotional and financial hardship.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Four of the five county residents who serve as individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim financial hardships that put Santa Clara County’s permit expenses far out of reach, while one who did pay the fees objected on principle to having to bear the costs.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
With Miguel Herrán and Arón Piper starring, Vivas’ historical drama examines ideological enmity confronted by shared hardship.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardship
difficulty
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Michael Thill and Elise Vinson, two nurses who were on the picket line Sunday, expressed their difficulty squaring their desire to help during the attack with their inability to work in the hospital amid the strike.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Bears’ first-half difficulties slowing Raiders star Maxx Crosby were significant.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Hardship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardship. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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