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as in energetic
having active strength of body or mind
he remains healthy and vigorous despite being over 80 years old
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as in sturdy
able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure
vigorous and sturdy little sheep bred to live in mountainous regions
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as in aggressive
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
offered a vigorous dissent to the proposal
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as in strong
not showing weakness or uncertainty
gave the bottle of sauce a vigorous shaking
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Recent Examples of vigorous
Custom simulation tools were used for vigorous validation, followed by the collection of performance data on lateral and longitudinal control.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
While Montessori is known for its vigorous teachings of math, science and other core subjects, the curriculum moves with the child and teachers can adapt to different learning styles.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
For some, this process is a welcome departure from the vigorous scrubbing of years past.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 12 Feb. 2025
Temporary Protected Status recipients go through a vigorous vetting process prior to their acceptance into the program.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
While Montessori is known for its vigorous teachings of math, science and other core subjects, the curriculum moves with the child and teachers can adapt to different learning styles.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
For some, this process is a welcome departure from the vigorous scrubbing of years past.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 12 Feb. 2025
Temporary Protected Status recipients go through a vigorous vetting process prior to their acceptance into the program.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vigorous
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The incubator’s space at the Mart quickly became an energetic locus for tech startups in Chicago and, just as importantly, gave the city’s nascent tech community a brand that was recognizable to Chicagoans outside the startup orbit as well as to funders and entrepreneurs in other cities.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Amaury is a bright, happy, and energetic boy in search of a family.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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Potassium helps produce sturdy plants and increases plants’ resistance to stress but overapplication of potassium (and too much of any nutrient) can cause other necessary nutrients to become unavailable to the plant.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Signature itself produced a sturdy revival, in 2019, with a ferocious David Warshofsky as Weston, an alcoholic father who terrorizes his family, especially his grown son, Wesley, who learns to mimic him.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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With Oklahoma City, currently the best and most aggressive defense in the league by a wide margin, there isn’t just one candidate.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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New numbers show 52% of detainees were originally arrested by ICE compared to 48% first apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), signaling how aggressive the Trump administration is turning toward the interior of the nation for immigration enforcement.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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As conflict between the Colonies and Great Britain grew increasingly likely, Rind steered the press toward more active engagement with political issues, offering a robust defense of the Colonies, says Karen A. Weyler, author of Empowering Words: Outsiders and Authorship in Early America.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the forties, when the Red Scare began in earnest, a robust federal workforce was still a new proposition, and not one that everyone in Washington was willing to concede.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Given that avocado trees are hardy only in USDA Zones 9 to 11, many of us grow them in containers and bring them indoors for the winter.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2025
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This tender perennial is hardy in zones 9 and up, and treated as an annual elsewhere.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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The answer to that question should be an emphatic 'No,' but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The answer to that question should be an emphatic 'No,' but a majority of this court apparently thinks otherwise.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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On that morning of January 27, the team was a solid 26-19-3 for 55 points, or a .541 points percentage.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Vigorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vigorous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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