: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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Officials say proper landscaping, combined with defensible space and home hardening, can reduce the likelihood of a home igniting during a wildfire.
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City News Service, Daily News, 4 May 2026
As this sequence plays out, the social fabric further shreds and unravels; trust circles shrink and become ever more homogeneous; and hostility, mean spiritedness, and a general hardening take hold in society.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
This condition occurs when mineral deposits accumulate in the arteries, leading to arterial hardening.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
For tender plants, allow a hardening off period of a week to help the plants transition from the garden center environment to the conditions in your garden.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
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City News Service, Daily News, 4 May 2026
As this sequence plays out, the social fabric further shreds and unravels; trust circles shrink and become ever more homogeneous; and hostility, mean spiritedness, and a general hardening take hold in society.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
This condition occurs when mineral deposits accumulate in the arteries, leading to arterial hardening.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
For tender plants, allow a hardening off period of a week to help the plants transition from the garden center environment to the conditions in your garden.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hardening
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“Hardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardening. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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hardening
noun
hard·en·ing
ˈhärd-niŋ, -ᵊn-iŋ 
: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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