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Recent Examples of stiffness
Similar questions are increasingly being explored in areas involving pain, stiffness, inflammation, and connective tissue health.
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Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
This can help ease morning stiffness and gradually prepare your joints for movement.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 May 2026
Tatum missed Boston’s 109-100 Game 7 loss with left knee stiffness after suffering the setback during Game 6.
—Jay King, New York Times, 26 May 2026
It was done to help loosen the stiffness around his elbow.
—Jaylon Thompson
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Radian claims this helps with stiffness and keeps the rotational mass near the center of gravity.
—New Atlas, 21 May 2026
Less than 1% will contract West Nile neuroinvasive disease, a more serious neurological illness that causes tremors, convulsions, neck stiffness, disorientation, paralysis and even death.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 20 May 2026
This means that the Air Max unit is engineered so each component has a different stiffness and softness to better support pressure points of the foot.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
FlyHugz neck pillow features 360-degree customizable support to help keep your head upright and reduce neck strain and stiffness.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
This can help ease morning stiffness and gradually prepare your joints for movement.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 May 2026
Tatum missed Boston’s 109-100 Game 7 loss with left knee stiffness after suffering the setback during Game 6.
—Jay King, New York Times, 26 May 2026
It was done to help loosen the stiffness around his elbow.
—Jaylon Thompson
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
Radian claims this helps with stiffness and keeps the rotational mass near the center of gravity.
—New Atlas, 21 May 2026
Less than 1% will contract West Nile neuroinvasive disease, a more serious neurological illness that causes tremors, convulsions, neck stiffness, disorientation, paralysis and even death.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 20 May 2026
This means that the Air Max unit is engineered so each component has a different stiffness and softness to better support pressure points of the foot.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
FlyHugz neck pillow features 360-degree customizable support to help keep your head upright and reduce neck strain and stiffness.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiffness
Noun
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Too often families like the Hostlers have been met with indifference by local authorities.—
James C Ramos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Combating antisemitism is a moral imperative — one rooted, for me, in personal history that makes indifference unthinkable.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.—
Donald Millus,
Outdoor Life,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Did the baby’s livingness make Tomm’s deadness louder?—
Maria Zorn,
Longreads,
24 Feb. 2026
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There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Minerals like calcium and magnesium can cling to the surface over time, especially in areas with high water hardness.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 May 2026
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Load size, water hardness, soil level and machine type all affect how much detergent your laundry actually needs per load.—
Ryan Brennan
May 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The bombast of the song clashes with the aloofness of her style.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
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My fear manifested as aloofness.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The record has always been looked at as the black sheep of the two albums, the more experimental foray that embraced the coldness of synths on a stylistic side quest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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