hardening
Example Sentences
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Pérez’s bill would establish home hardening and defensible space measures set by the insurance commissioner, though Balber said she expects the Safer from Wildfires program would “inform” the new standards.
From Los Angeles Times
As migrant numbers grow, public attitudes appear to be hardening.
From Barron's
Those workers will focus on repairing broken lights, hardening lights to prevent copper wire theft and clearing the backlog of deferred cases.
From Los Angeles Times
As you read the book, you begin to understand why: Mavericks all, they’re slowly hardening into the cinema establishment they once fought against.
It was getting smaller and smaller in my chest and hardening up like a rock.
From Literature
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