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Recent Examples of stiffness
Most people suffer several days of headaches, muscle stiffness, high fever and flu-like symptoms.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Jordan Harris, who made his Bruins debut on Saturday, is a smaller defenseman, better designed for puck movement than D-zone stiffness.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
So then your pastry cream is the same stiffness.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Excessive detergent use can cause towel-stiffness issues, so always use the amount recommended by your detergent manufacturer.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
By the end of that time, participants’ VO2 max had improved and their cardiac stiffness—a major risk factor for cardiovascular events—was down.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Involuntary jerky motions and stiffness are common, as well as trouble walking, speaking and swallowing.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Nearly 57 percent of people in the low-dose group had meaningful improvements in pain, stiffness, and how well their knees functioned, compared with about 30 percent in the placebo group.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Jordan Harris, who made his Bruins debut on Saturday, is a smaller defenseman, better designed for puck movement than D-zone stiffness.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
So then your pastry cream is the same stiffness.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Excessive detergent use can cause towel-stiffness issues, so always use the amount recommended by your detergent manufacturer.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
By the end of that time, participants’ VO2 max had improved and their cardiac stiffness—a major risk factor for cardiovascular events—was down.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Involuntary jerky motions and stiffness are common, as well as trouble walking, speaking and swallowing.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Nearly 57 percent of people in the low-dose group had meaningful improvements in pain, stiffness, and how well their knees functioned, compared with about 30 percent in the placebo group.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2025
This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiffness
Noun
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And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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That attitude of indifference can be a significant advantage in the workplace.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 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
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, perhaps born of the clarity of unimaginable loss.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Finally, impact strength assesses a material’s ability to absorb sudden shocks without shattering, highlighting that the hardness alone doesn’t always mean toughness.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Reached by phone, the father comes off as a cold, uncaring man, and Pacino portrays him with chilling aloofness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their works push back against the coldness of technology, asserting presence, autonomy, and creative resistance.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Thematically, this episode is awash in the color blue itself, which many fans interpret as symbolizing coldness and detachment from the music industry.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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