asperities

plural of asperity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asperities
Noun
  • What began as frustration with daily hardships quickly grew into demands for political change and systemic reform.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But Russia’s strategic position, China’s global priorities and Venezuela’s hardships all make that unlikely right now.
    Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Common reasons to grant extensions include if the resident is applying for FEMA funds, facing difficulties finding a contractor or working through an insurance claim.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe so—and a coming wave of insider stories attesting to Weiss’s difficulties in asserting her authority strikes me as the most inevitable outcome of this affair.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Asperities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asperities. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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