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Recent Examples of indurate
Adjective
His characters strive to achieve things—such as love, self-command, or financial success—but those efforts are made ironic in the face of a world that, while sometimes beautiful to look at, remains indurate to human happiness. Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indurate
Adjective
  • There is the ruthless spymaster Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and his mysterious assistant Kleya (Elizabeth Dulau).
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • O’Neil had shown a more ruthless streak in dealing with Lemina, stripping the midfielder of the captaincy after those embarrassing post-match scenes at West Ham.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • This adds another layer of protection without completely freezing access to credit. 5.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Where did Lucas get the freaky idea of carbon freezing Han Solo from?
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Lastly, the acquisition strengthens the company’s balance sheet and should allow for significant share repurchases over time.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
  • And the reports are then published, so the broader firefighting community can strengthen its procedures to avoid similar losses.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Inspired by Lauren’s late mother, Adele, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 55, their family knows that this merciless disease is no laughing matter.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Lottie proposes that Natalie be stripped of her title and that the merciless and vicious Shauna should lead them instead.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These were also the years when Twain’s contradictions began to harden into gleaming marble.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Dirt and sweat can dry and harden your gloves and soil the inside, defeating their purpose of protecting your hands.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Havoc brings the heat, throwing Tom Hardy's stony Walker into a hotbed of gangsters, dirty cops, corrupt elites, and wicked assassins.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Yeo, with even less to work with, fares a little better with her stony matriarch character, doing a lot with a simple tilt of her face to the sky and a single tear.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Pindar said the fascia can stiffen under stress or illness, reducing circulation and making waste removal more difficult.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Energy Department typically stiffens a requirement only after years of study, comment, negotiation and testing (and sometimes litigation) among industry, consumer and environmental groups.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023

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“Indurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indurate. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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