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Recent Examples of toughness
Role models That rugged upbringing builds character and toughness.
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Dart has a strong arm, great leadership skills, and toughness that teams want in a passer.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The display of toughness didn’t bring good results, though, as the lefty allowed six runs (five earned) over six innings in the Yankees’ 6-2 loss.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
On Hufanga, Payton hailed his communication, intelligence and toughness.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Dart has a strong arm, great leadership skills, and toughness that teams want in a passer.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The display of toughness didn’t bring good results, though, as the lefty allowed six runs (five earned) over six innings in the Yankees’ 6-2 loss.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
On Hufanga, Payton hailed his communication, intelligence and toughness.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for toughness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toughness
Noun
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In his opinion granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle said the Trump administration did not put forth any evidence that allowing transgender people to serve openly harmed military readiness, unit cohesion or lethality.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Armenians, a people with a much stronger sense of ethnic identity and cohesion, seized the opportunity of crippled Soviet authority to attack Azerbaijan.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Palace were content with staying solid and hitting the visitors on the counter, but that quest for solidity created anxiety.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear suffered by the Brazilian centre-back Bremer in the Champions League tie away to RB Leipzig left Motta without one of his strongest defenders in October and, in time, chipped away at Juventus’ defensive solidity.—
Philip Buckingham,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Toughness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toughness. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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