as in deep
firmly established over time
the hard-core habits that generate our mountains of trash everyday will be extremely difficult to change
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Recent Examples of hard-core
When Cakarel founded the company in 2007, Mubi was primarily known as a message board for hard-core cinephiles to discuss their favorite directors.
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Will Tavlin, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Best heavyweight board games Twilight Imperium is the quintessential game for hard-core gamers.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
There are other pieces from Didion’s 1960s catalog that have not been republished and are now mere historical curiosities, of interest only to hard-core Didionphiles.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Samsung Smartwatch Deals The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra offers the technical performance and durability that hard-core explorers need.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
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Will Tavlin, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Best heavyweight board games Twilight Imperium is the quintessential game for hard-core gamers.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
There are other pieces from Didion’s 1960s catalog that have not been republished and are now mere historical curiosities, of interest only to hard-core Didionphiles.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Samsung Smartwatch Deals The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra offers the technical performance and durability that hard-core explorers need.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-core
Adjective
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Gas fireplaces turn on with a flip of a switch and deep Italian marble tubs are easily large enough for two.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 2025
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The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.—
Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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But what is a statuette compared to sharing a hug with a lifelong hero?—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Playing Pedro, Baida reflected, fulfilled a lifelong dream.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Armed with beauty, daring/hustle and sheer force of will/unwavering ambition, Undine battles an entrenched elite, fearlessly courting controversy, until love and fortune align.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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Heintschel supplanted Eli Holstein about a month into the season and seems entrenched as the starter for 2026.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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The inherent disagreement isn’t about those facts.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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As Independent Women has noted, an au pair–style approach could be adapted for elder care to be flexible, affordable and rooted in human connection.—
Heather Madden,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Emotional empathy involves different brain regions and likely requires longer to change deeply rooted emotional processing patterns.—
Erin Clabough,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Hard-core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-core. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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