as in deep
firmly established over time
the hard-core habits that generate our mountains of trash everyday will be extremely difficult to change
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Recent Examples of hard-core
There’s something about it that’s very specific to hardcore punk.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
Unlike his hardcore supporters, Netanyahu immediately understood the implications for Israel.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
Even the most hardcore manual transmission evangelists will concede that hybrid supercars are an exceptional driving experience, and, obviously, a more modern one, because technology doesn’t have much time for nostalgia.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
If the more hardcore away fans are resigned to relegation, there really is trouble ahead.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
Unlike his hardcore supporters, Netanyahu immediately understood the implications for Israel.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
Even the most hardcore manual transmission evangelists will concede that hybrid supercars are an exceptional driving experience, and, obviously, a more modern one, because technology doesn’t have much time for nostalgia.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
If the more hardcore away fans are resigned to relegation, there really is trouble ahead.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for hard-core
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-core
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Larry Shapiro, Calgary, Alberta Hamas has no conscience Seeing the sickly, gaunt faces of the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza on Feb. 8 presented a clear picture of the loathing and deep hostility their abductors felt for them.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Our brains are electrical, and if two people meet each other in a state of deep regulation, the field of their calm expands way beyond them, extending it to other people.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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An inveterate bus rider of the old No. 6, Eldridge believed in public transportation.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Nov. 2024
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Even diplomats of Iran and North Korea, two of America’s most inveterate foes, can reside in New York city as a result of this unique host status of our country.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
3 Nov. 2024
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By early 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr., a lifelong moderate, pledged to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court and to pick a woman as his vice president.—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Bruce was a lifelong reader, especially of Minnesota history and literature.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Hard-core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-core. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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