soundness

noun

Definition of soundnessnext
1
as in reliability
the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged the car manufacturer tested the soundness of the new model in various types of collisions

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2
as in health
the condition of being sound in body his athletic soundness is open to question since he's been away from the sport for so long

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Recent Examples of soundness Opinions from the Board of Immigration Appeals and two other federal courts of appeals reflect the soundness of DHS's legal position. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Services will range from individual wellness and sick-patient examinations to routine herd healthcare, breeding soundness exams, pregnancy examinations, on-farm consultations, lameness evaluations and certificates of veterinary inspection, A-State said. — arkansasonline.com, 21 June 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court upheld Brookline’s policy as legal, but legality isn’t the same as soundness. — Alex Weatherall, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 Forbes College Financial Grades are designed to assess a private not-for-profit college’s operational soundness and balance sheet health using the following ten measures. — Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The soundness of an investment strategy or deal is undeniable as the sun and Mercury align. — Usa Today, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Instead, examinations should prioritize risks that threaten bank safety and soundness. — Katanga Johnson, Bloomberg, 23 Feb. 2026 Look for structural soundness over cosmetic looks when thrifting furniture. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026 But these looser lending standards raise concerns of their own about the soundness of the financial system. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soundness
  1. reliability
  2. health
  3. stability
  4. fitness
  5. strength
  6. wholesomeness
  7. robustness
  8. healthiness
Noun
  • Instead, the company emphasized consistent autonomous performance, fleet management, and long-duration reliability as key milestones toward commercial deployment.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • Tarun Pathak, research director at Counterpoint Research, said the model's performance on lengthy prompts, battery consumption during multitasking and reliability across millions of requests will be critical.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of reliability
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  • It's caused not only health issues but financial strain on employees.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Some politicians have continued to obscure details about their health challenges, asking for privacy despite their public positions, and fueling conspiracy theories.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • Morocco also offers American investors a rare combination of political stability, strategic geographic positioning and access to more than 2 billion consumers through its FTAs.
    — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • But those jobs currently have a PR problem – despite offering ample stability and good pay, too many workers assume the opposite and avoid these jobs.
    — Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of stability
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  • Millions of people around the world wear smart rings and fitness trackers to keep tabs on their sleep, workouts, heart rate and even body temperature, all in the name of better understanding their health.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Then, Djokovic had the skills to blow his opponents away, but could also grind them down if needed, knowing that his superior fitness and durability would more than likely win out.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of fitness
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  • Wall Street looked past geopolitical tensions with benchmark indexes rising on Big Tech strength and signs of easing inflation, even as Middle East hostilities escalated.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Testosterone is a hormone produced primarily in the testicles that helps maintain men’s bone density, fat distribution, muscle strength and mass, facial and body hair, red blood cell production and sperm production.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of strength
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  • Emma’s resistance to the bland wholesomeness of recovery spaces speaks to a familiar cultural trope across media, in films and television shows; that sobriety is where flamboyance goes to die.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026
Definition of wholesomeness
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  • The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • As part of vendor governance, vendors need to move from periodic vulnerability assessment to continuous monitoring of cybersecurity robustness and proactively declare the pen test findings of an independent auditor.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of robustness
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  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Definition of healthiness

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