crucible

The ruins of the Soviet command economy were also a crucible for innovation, said Kadri Ukrainski, who lectures on the subject at Estonia's Tartu University.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

A decade later we served together in the crucible of the global financial crisis, I as undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs at the time, Kevin on the Fed Board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of the generative-AI crucible DeepMind, is in charge of developing new models for the software titan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Johnny took the cracked crucible in his trusting hands, put in it silver ingots, set it on top of the furnace.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Wars, as ever, are crucibles for rapid development—and adoption—of new tech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

"Wales was one of the great crucibles of the Industrial Revolution, which was sweeping Europe and later the world," added Ms Protheroe-Jones.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

After mixing the precursors, another robot parcels out the mix into a set of crucibles, which are loaded into furnaces where they can be mixed with gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

Women were taking their beautiful pewter from dresser shelves, stoically watching it melt in crucibles.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes