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In a world where trust is hard-won, a privacy-first AI assistant could be a differentiator that keeps customers coming back.
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
According to Oz, Miss Piggy’s puppeteer, her toughness was hard-won.
—Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2025
Without an appropriate resolution to these challenges, a more fractious federal politics will take hold in India, hindering economic progress and, more significant, curtailing hard-won democratic freedoms.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Just like the pre-Civil War slaveholders who rejected the idea of a multiracial democracy, today’s extremists want to roll back hard-won equalizing protections that made America great.
—Jared Nordlund, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025
Happiness suits her, and after the roller coaster that was her 20s (and a bit of her 30s), it’s been hard-won.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 July 2025
Final Thoughts This legislative victory was hard-won and shows the power of informed advocacy.
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
For Angela Cao, a data scientist and founding member of Women Who Do Data, the ability to feel authentically seen has been hard-won.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
They’re carefully chosen easements, forest reserves and parkland that are ecologically strategic and hard-won.
—Karyn Strickler, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
According to Oz, Miss Piggy’s puppeteer, her toughness was hard-won.
—Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2025
Without an appropriate resolution to these challenges, a more fractious federal politics will take hold in India, hindering economic progress and, more significant, curtailing hard-won democratic freedoms.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Just like the pre-Civil War slaveholders who rejected the idea of a multiracial democracy, today’s extremists want to roll back hard-won equalizing protections that made America great.
—Jared Nordlund, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025
Happiness suits her, and after the roller coaster that was her 20s (and a bit of her 30s), it’s been hard-won.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 July 2025
Final Thoughts This legislative victory was hard-won and shows the power of informed advocacy.
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
For Angela Cao, a data scientist and founding member of Women Who Do Data, the ability to feel authentically seen has been hard-won.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
They’re carefully chosen easements, forest reserves and parkland that are ecologically strategic and hard-won.
—Karyn Strickler, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025
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“Hard-won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-won. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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