as in hardened
to make stronger (as through hardship)
She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.
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as in tempered
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Verb
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Alternatively, Venus’ initial, planetwide magma sea might have cooled and hardened into a crust quickly enough for liquid water — maybe even an ocean’s worth of water — to flow across it.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025 -
And those things hardened their proverbial steak, too.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The tempered glass top won’t break with regular wear and tear and holds up to 75 pounds.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Unlike tempered glass, which shatters easily, laminated glass is made of two thick pieces of glass sandwiching a type of durable resin called polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and is much more likely to hold together during impact.—
Diana Hubbell,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Such a change would come at a time when Colombia under Petro’s leadership has strengthened its ties with China.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Not everyone’s bond is similarly strengthened.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This season, its key players are a little more seasoned and used to Harbaugh's system, and Harbaugh, in turn, has opened up the offense a little bit for quarterback Justin Herbert.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Munil Shah is a seasoned AI and cloud executive passionate about driving innovation.—
Munil Shah,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Data on job growth continues to fall short of forecasts, and downward revisions to past figures from the Department of Labor have reinforced the view that the Fed may need to stimulate consumer spending, lower borrowing costs and encourage investment to prevent a labor market crisis.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And a belief long voiced by many in the region of Israel’s intention to sabotage peace talks has only been fortified by Tuesday’s strikes.—
Paula Hancocks,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Kremlin has succeeded in building a fortress economy, but one that is fortified against the future more than against the enemy.—
Jeremy Shapiro,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Annealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annealed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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