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solid

[sol-id] / ˈsɒl ɪd /


ADJECTIVE
having three dimensions
Synonyms




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This is a reason, though not the only one, that growth is not just solid but may be accelerating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Despite the economy's apparent solid performance, Brazilians have shown considerable dissatisfaction with their current living conditions.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Rams will need solid performances from the offense, defense and special teams if they hope to defeat the Eagles for only the second time in eight games under McVay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Oppenheimer analyst Kristen Owen wrote last month that Corteva recently “presented a solid standalone investment thesis built on the diversity and balance of its portfolio and innovation pipeline.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

My voice sounded remarkably calm for someone whose heart was making a very solid attempt to escape her chest.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

These devices work by measuring how much light has changed direction, or refracted, after passing through a liquid – indicating the volume of solids present.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

"They give it to the babies, who chew on it themselves and spit out the solids".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Adding hydrogen turned soybean oil into solids such as shortening and margarine.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

They are the only naturally occurring polyhedral solids, making them unlike almost anything else in the natural landscape.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The Mail on Sunday follows with a photo of a Spanish solider checking on two migrants collapsed on the beach in Ceuta.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

There’s a scene in the 1981 Bill Murray film Stripes where a solider introduces himself to his colleagues as “Psycho,” though his real name is Francis.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

It was not clear whether the solider who died was among that toll.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Packaged in cosplay costumes — cowgirl, solider, even firefighter and pilot — we were supposed to see her as strong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

It was over the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and I’d gone in disguised as a British solider.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

John Martin, in The New York Times, hailed it as an unlikely success, “the solidest foundation that has yet been laid for the development of the art of ballet in America.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

They persisted in seeing it as the solidest, most plausible candidate.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011

Since devaluation, the franc has become one of Europe's solidest currencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The solidest single fact is that the CBS system, developed to high perfection by Dr. Peter C. Goldmark, turns out pictures which are bright, crisp, and at least as faithful as most colored movies.

From Time Magazine Archive

This city state of Bohemia, fortified against intrusion by experiences which the casual visitor was not privileged to share, stood for Jenny as the solidest influence upon her life so far.

From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie




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