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rigor

[rig-er] / ˈrɪg ər /


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Some favor academic rigor; others cultural belonging, diversity, discipline, language, religion or the arts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

That revision was undertaken with analytical rigor: The process took two years, involved 35 agencies, incorporated extensive new and existing research, and elicited over 20,000 comments.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Co-author Talal Aladaileh said that the project's evolution from a classroom exercise into a published paper reflects the rigor, depth, and quality of the School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering program at Binghamton.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

“She is very hardworking, and she’s extremely committed to the projects she does. That commitment and that rigor is contagious.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He began by advising her to moderate the rigor of her mourning, to ventilate the house, to forgive the world for the death of José Arcadio.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

He also credited his Jewish day school education—in which he juggled religious education alongside a standard curriculum—as useful training for the rigors of start-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The German, who logic says should be eaten alive by the horrible rigors of his job at Ibrox, also looks like he's revelling in the gig.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

Her father said his 115-pound daughter took close to a year off to build her strength for the rigors of training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

Fitting for an artist who once put himself through the physical rigors of cosmonaut training, the show feels like a dialogue between opposing forces — boundlessness and constraint, presence and absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

He closed his eyes, in either the ecstasy of relief or the rigors of concentration.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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