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
The result is an expensive, but flashy and powerful, gaming laptop for the hard-core crowd.
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
To say that Twi-hards — hard-core fans of the franchise — who saw the post were excited about a new development is an understatement.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Since the show started, the bakers have cumulatively made something like twenty-five hundred distinct creations in every discipline, from the common cake arts to hard-core viennoiserie.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
But lower down the org chart, potential is growing for people who don’t necessarily have the hard-core tech skills but are keen to engage with the new technology.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
To say that Twi-hards — hard-core fans of the franchise — who saw the post were excited about a new development is an understatement.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Since the show started, the bakers have cumulatively made something like twenty-five hundred distinct creations in every discipline, from the common cake arts to hard-core viennoiserie.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
But lower down the org chart, potential is growing for people who don’t necessarily have the hard-core tech skills but are keen to engage with the new technology.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for hard-core
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-core
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unless just being an inveterate people-pleaser produces the same result.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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As Swifties will know, Taylor Swift is an inveterate mom-meeter.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Using advanced genomic and bioinformatic techniques, the team distinguished microbes that were lifelong companions inside the mammoth, and the ones that showed up later, after death.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her love of the Big Apple is one Spike, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, also shares.—
Collette Reitz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The government has started to make some progress on upgrading its systems, but decades of siloing and bureaucratic processes have created entrenched lags that are hindering innovation.—
Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Sep. 2025
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That becomes a sort of entrenched, defensive way of living.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the books have been translated into multiple languages, including Spanish, Russian, Romanian, and Indonesian, extending the Ranch’s influence globally even when its physical footprint remains rooted in Tennessee.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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The streets remain the most rooted and emotional place to find brass music.—
Jenny Adams,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Hard-core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-core. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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