in strength

idiom

: in great numbers
The enemies attacked in strength.

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Scientists do believe the Moon had a magnetic field billions of years ago that was roughly comparable in strength to Earth’s, generated by a now-extinct molten core dynamo. Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025 The changes in strength, at least over three weeks, were similar. Christie Aschwanden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Meta saw that these representations — context, words, syllables, letters — all overlap during language production, peaking and fading in strength at different times. Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025 These were incredibly left-of-center stances to take at a time when the far-right was only growing in strength and figures like David Duke were becoming mainstream. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in strength

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“In strength.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20strength. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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