as in tempered
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as in hardened
to make stronger (as through hardship)
She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annealed
Adjective
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Georgia has similar ambitions, if a tad more tempered.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Glassware without a microwave-safe label should not be used, including non-tempered glass, antique or fragile glassware, or glass with metallic trims or decorations.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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For food or liquid residue that's hardened onto the wood, use coarse salt and lemon scrape it off.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
21 Feb. 2026
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As if the wide-eyed innocent who arrived here has been hardened.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There’s even lightweight carry-on luggage that seasoned crew members swear by.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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And belief, as any seasoned follower of a professional sports league like Major League Soccer knows, is a tricky travel companion.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Freedom Square offers a counter-narrative — a declaration that within the 1300 blocks of Division Street and Druid Hill Avenue emerged leadership that reshaped constitutional law, influenced national journalism and strengthened the democratic experiment itself.—
Alvin C. Hathaway Sr,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
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Despite the distance and their differences, the bond between Annie and Vernice holds tight, strengthened by letters exchanged over the years, until they are fatefully reunited in young adulthood.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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Even the audience was made up entirely of robots, which reinforced the scale of the production.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jackson reinforced Blackness as beautiful and Black people as somebody, and that lit a fuse in people like Gant.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That reputation was fortified during Hoellering’s reign, which lasted until his death, in 1980, and crystallized by an unforgettable series of posters.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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This, compounded by the impact of employee wellness programs have fortified the program’s purpose.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Annealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annealed. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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