hardiness
Example Sentences
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Even the alpine-inspired plantings cladding the museum’s roof — colorful wildflowers, long sweeping grasses and coarse scrubs, all chosen for their hardiness, lightness and shallow roots — follow this rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
Herders sometimes favor hybridization because genes from wild progenitors are thought to enhance the hardiness of domestic stock.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
They’re prized in cities throughout the temperate zone for their hardiness and generic good looks—“the city tree par excellence,” according to Henry Lawrence’s book City Trees.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024
In late 2023, the Department of Agriculture seemed to validate their experiences when it released its updated plant hardiness zone map — moving more than half of the U.S. into warmer climate zones.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024
As if to test my hardiness, Detective Webster gave my hand a painful squeeze.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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