hardcase

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Recent Examples of hardcase Be prepared with a five-piece luggage set that includes a large and medium suitcase, a hardcase carry-on, an extended duffel bag and a toiletry bag. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024 Its hardcase shells are made with aerospace-grade, water-resistant polycarbonate materials. Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcase
Adjective
  • But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But the sentiments are the razors in the apples: hard-bitten, painful, wise from disappointment, and braced for the next crisis.
    SPIN Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Alaska has devolved into a colony of big oil, and its politics have become so closed, hard-bitten, and strident.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
Adjective
  • In a smaller pot of water over high heat, boil eggs, covered, until just hard-boiled, 7 minutes, then run under cold water.
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For lunch or dinner, top a salad with scrambled or hard-boiled eggs.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • Seinfeld is a Jewish man from New York’s Long Island with a wry and sarcastic sense of humor.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Others lose a sense of trust by the sarcastic digs, eye rolls, interrupting, or belittling.
    Rachel Glik, Contributor, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Occasionally, there are moments that verge on ironic humor.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That is ironic because most of the biggest new drama hits of the last two seasons, CBS‘ Tracker and Matlock and ABC‘s High Potential, all originated as standalone pilots.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Bell plays Joanne, a jaded, agnostic podcast host who also doesn’t know what a good relationship is supposed to look like.
    Phoebe Reilly, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Washington is now so jaded, our establishment now so confused and corrupt, no one believes it can be done.
    Star Parker, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Crucially, they are grounded in real-world experiences, from a recent exchange with worldly-wise restaurant waitresses in Bordeaux exemplifying trust and collaboration, to the coaching of top CEOs over the past 20 years.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Heather Alicia Simms and Vanessa Bell Calloway are both sharp, witty, and poignant without sentimentality as the play’s two matriarchal figures, the formidable Missy Judson and Idella Landy, the wry, worldly-wise housekeeper who essentially raised Charlie.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024

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“Hardcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardcase. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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