hardness

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The experiments showed that this additive manufacturing strategy can preserve the hardness and mechanical strength typically achieved through conventional manufacturing methods.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

You have to have what they wanted but with mental hardness, resilience and toughness combined with it.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

USC coach Lincoln Riley said after the Trojans’ victory in the Las Vegas Bowl, “There’s a toughness and a hardness that’s developing within this program.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2025

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

There’s still snow on the ground, a dirty filigree, though the winter is losing its hardness and glitter.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood