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Recent Examples of stiffness
Patients may initially experience jaw stiffness, neck pain, back pain or difficulty swallowing.
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Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
The epic has been adapted many times, but the stiffness of most attempts makes one wonder whether the difficulties aren’t insurmountable.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
This includes pain and tenderness on the inner side of your elbow and stiffness of your elbow.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Reducing the stiffness of the artery Help prevent calcium buildup in the arteries, which can make the arteries harder and less flexible.
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Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
18 June 2026
Common symptoms include headaches, fever, diarrhea, muscle weakness, tingling or numbness, neck stiffness or flu-like symptoms.
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Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Made from a linen-viscose blend with 55 percent linen, these pants have that airy linen feel without the stiffness or wrinkle-prone nature often associated with pure linen.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
Ten pieces of carbon fiber are affixed to the chassis, which has the benefit of increasing torsional stiffness by 23 percent.
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Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
Reinforcing materials are then deposited, including thermoplastic carbon-fiber acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) for lightweight strength or thermoset resins like epoxy for greater stiffness and durability.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
The epic has been adapted many times, but the stiffness of most attempts makes one wonder whether the difficulties aren’t insurmountable.
—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
This includes pain and tenderness on the inner side of your elbow and stiffness of your elbow.
—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Reducing the stiffness of the artery Help prevent calcium buildup in the arteries, which can make the arteries harder and less flexible.
—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
18 June 2026
Common symptoms include headaches, fever, diarrhea, muscle weakness, tingling or numbness, neck stiffness or flu-like symptoms.
—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Made from a linen-viscose blend with 55 percent linen, these pants have that airy linen feel without the stiffness or wrinkle-prone nature often associated with pure linen.
—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
Ten pieces of carbon fiber are affixed to the chassis, which has the benefit of increasing torsional stiffness by 23 percent.
—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
Reinforcing materials are then deposited, including thermoplastic carbon-fiber acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) for lightweight strength or thermoset resins like epoxy for greater stiffness and durability.
—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiffness
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But anxieties about growing diversity and rising indifference had convinced many Americans of the need to enshrine Christianity in the Constitution.
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But by rejecting a public bill signing, Republicans worry that Trump is indicating a level of indifference to voters’ affordability concerns heading into November’s midterm elections.
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The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.
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Did the baby’s livingness make Tomm’s deadness louder?
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There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.
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Grade 5 titanium is notoriously difficult to work with, its hardness rapidly degrading cutting tools and leaving little margin for error.
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Water hardness is measured by the milligrams of calcium carbonate per liter of water(mg/L).
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My fear manifested as aloofness.
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The bombast of the song clashes with the aloofness of her style.
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Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
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The bureaucratic coldness of Bolshevik Communism and the violent regressions of Fascism were yet worse.
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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