solid
Example Sentences
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So the NFL wanted to do the Texans and Chargers a solid and give them the national stage to themselves.
From Los Angeles Times
"Lasting progress in an income position is usually based on solid income from work, which can later make it possible to save and earn more capital," he said.
From Science Daily
A solid sauce can take something as humble as chicken and rice from merely comforting to something memorable.
From Salon
A loose 1878 crayon and ink-wash study for an illustration for Émile Zola’s “L’Assommoir” becomes a firmer, more detailed pen, ink and chalk version, made even more solid in the final reproduction.
Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later, a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on the battlefield.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
