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
Upstairs, some of the region’s favorite punk and hard-core bands play the same stage as the likes of Alice In Chains, Black Flag, Tracy Bonham and Romeo Void.
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The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Stewart is scheduled to air her ads on the Fox News Channel, which was a highly effective strategy for Republican Bob Stefanowski in the 2018 race as the prime viewing network for hard-core Republican insiders and delegates.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
Veit’s recommendations to reduce pickiness differ from these solutions, and some of them seem, well, more hard-core.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Whites abound throughout the larger Médoc, but Listrac-Médoc is a hard-core red wine zone, so it was considered daring to produce a white here.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
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The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Stewart is scheduled to air her ads on the Fox News Channel, which was a highly effective strategy for Republican Bob Stefanowski in the 2018 race as the prime viewing network for hard-core Republican insiders and delegates.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
Veit’s recommendations to reduce pickiness differ from these solutions, and some of them seem, well, more hard-core.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Whites abound throughout the larger Médoc, but Listrac-Médoc is a hard-core red wine zone, so it was considered daring to produce a white here.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-core
Adjective
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But for many, the occasion carried a deeper meaning, one centered on those who dreamed of connecting Los Angeles to Chicago by road generations before them.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The songs were radiant, ecstatic, and cleansing, a deep exhale from a band freed from boardroom expectations.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Even Dougie, an inveterate screwup, isn’t without hidden depths—and Anthony, a natural hype man for whoever’s around, takes his plea for emotional support seriously, quickly becoming invested in a twisty succession crisis.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Also, the industry essence of the French TV festival is co-production and Canadian producers are inveterate co-producers.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Many of the sloths will require lifelong assistance from humans to be given the opportunity to thrive, all of them having been in human care since arriving in the United States.—
Elainie Colton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Family separations cause grief, confusion, attachment disruption and guilt for children, often leading to lifelong emotional and psychological suffering.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It is bound to be a bruising battle against entrenched special interests.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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That deeply constrains everything that occurs in the show’s first outing, which can’t see Mike, El, Dustin, Lucas, or Max grow as characters in ways that bump up against their arcs from the original show, or let the new addition Nikki (Odessa A’zion) become too firmly entrenched in their lives.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Stedman offers a heartfelt homage to the virtues of rural community and the natural beauty unique to Western Australia, as well as a critique of the strictures and dangers inherent in small-minded communities.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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In addition, inherent design flaws contributed to the disaster, notably the graphite end switches of the neutron-absorbing rods.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Both the album and the concerto remain rooted in the apartment building that sparked his imagination.—
Megan Fitzgerald,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The response so far suggests that audiences globally are ready for something deeply rooted yet universal.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Hard-core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-core. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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