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Recent Examples of rigor In Europe and North America, the scientific rigor behind product development is accelerating, and the bar for sensory experience is rising. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025 Oluseyi says another notable pattern of scientists is the combination of creativity and rigor. Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Unaware of her status as a princess, Huntley puts Victoria through the rigors of a Montana ranch experience. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025 Conjuring the troubled inner life of a young, beautiful and successful Buenos Aires fashion designer with an uncommon mix of stylistic rigor and feeling, the film frays your nerves. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rigor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigor
Noun
  • Another hardship would soon come his way as Baldwin began to write openly about same-sex love.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The change eliminated the former requirement that borrowers prove a partial financial hardship to qualify for IBR.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vrabel downplayed the severity of the injury.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Its severity varies depending on the strain and species that is infected.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Everyday Health follows strict sourcing guidelines to ensure the accuracy of its content, outlined in our editorial policy.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The slit details in the pencil skirts, sleek coats and color block knits and the mille-feuille dresses tapped into the codes of Jil Sander with great accuracy.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The Bears’ first-half difficulties slowing Raiders star Maxx Crosby were significant.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The ball snapped into their hands with a precision that felt impossible for someone who claimed to be homeschooled in rural nowhere.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In total, approximately 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, supported by a cruiser, several destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The story, set between 1976 and 1978, involves a teenager from India named Pi Patel (played to perfection by Taha Mandviwala), telling his story of survival to a couple of investigators from the Japanese Ministry of Transport (played by Alan Ariano and Mi Kang).
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The pursuit of automotive perfection reached extraordinary heights in 2025, with engineers pushing the boundaries of what’s mechanically possible on four wheels.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Rigor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigor. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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