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Recent Examples of toughness
Carol miraculously recovered, earning a reputation for toughness that the Raiders themselves rallied behind on the football turf, winning the Super Bowl the very next season.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Staying grounded amid expectations Talent alone doesn’t win championships, and the Bobcats know that chasing perfection while making history requires mental toughness.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The game needs a little bit of toughness.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2025
This is about feel; pressure, physicality, toughness.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Staying grounded amid expectations Talent alone doesn’t win championships, and the Bobcats know that chasing perfection while making history requires mental toughness.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The game needs a little bit of toughness.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2025
This is about feel; pressure, physicality, toughness.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toughness
Noun
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Mamdani’s policy ideas include aggressive measures to stabilize housing costs for millions of New Yorkers, free public transportation, child care and a preventative policy approach toward crime that builds social cohesion.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sara McDaniel, a designer based in Minden, Louisiana, shares a similar opinion yet looks to lighter paint colors for cohesion.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Its height and solidity gave the sense of a play structure, the crossbar that loomed above the platform a climbing feature for the truly fearless, and the rope noose perfect for swinging and letting fly if only the gallows had been built over water.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Atalanta’s tendency to grind out results, and Milan’s growing solidity away from home, suggest a low-scoring encounter.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The PolyU team conducted a detailed review of TSC performance, analysing how to translate lab success into real-world durability.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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This approach delivers a level of durability and longevity that sets Otzi apart in a segment where performance and reliability truly matter.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Toughness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toughness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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