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Recent Examples of stiffness
Gap Heavyweight Easy Baggy Sweatpant Jeans For colder months, the Gap Heavyweight Easy Baggy Sweatpant Jeans stand out thanks to a heavyweight cotton-blend French terry that offers warmth without stiffness.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
In under 90 seconds, the smart scale measures ECG data, arterial stiffness, metabolic efficiency and hypertension risk.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
After cleaning, always condition with a leather shoe conditioner to prevent stiffness.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
Not playing down the stretch was a function of stiffness.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Plus, pairing hard tiles and softer seams balances stiffness and flexibility, adds Kiel University zoologist Stanislav Gorb, who was not involved in the study.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
Hydrolyzed rice protein helps defend against split ends, while sea buckthorn oil and squalane cushion the cuticle, so strengthening does not lead to stiffness.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 31 Dec. 2025
This helps reduce stiffness and support post-workout recovery.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
This natural decline can lead to wrinkles, sagging skin, and joint stiffness.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiffness
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Filed in May 2023, the Schuck family’s lawsuit accused jail staff of negligence and deliberate indifference to their son’s medical needs.—
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When companies back away from inclusion, audiences interpret it as indifference.—
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The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.—
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.—
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There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.—
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
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Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, perhaps born of the clarity of unimaginable loss.—
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Finally, impact strength assesses a material’s ability to absorb sudden shocks without shattering, highlighting that the hardness alone doesn’t always mean toughness.—
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Remaining silent may shroud those in power in a cloak of untouchability, projecting confidence in their authority — but also aloofness.—
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Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.—
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Large roof windows maximize natural light, and the interior decor makes use of coated plywood and glass to offset the coldness of the concrete.—
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However, colors can also pull out negative emotions in people, such as defiance (red), coldness (blue), fear (yellow), and boredom (green).—
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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