as in fire
a test of faith, patience, or strength
soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war
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Recent Examples of crucible
And these glass vessels function like crucibles in the painting—that’s to say, what is put into them is transformed, and Manet needed that transformation.
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John Berger, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
The blank page becomes a liminal territory where the very essence of artistic identity undergoes alchemical transformation through the crucible of motherhood.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
But the war has also been a crucible for new technology fielded for the first time as Moscow dedicates roughly 40 percent of government spending to its armed forces.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Part One was a terrible crucible in which Paul came of age.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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John Berger, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
The blank page becomes a liminal territory where the very essence of artistic identity undergoes alchemical transformation through the crucible of motherhood.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
But the war has also been a crucible for new technology fielded for the first time as Moscow dedicates roughly 40 percent of government spending to its armed forces.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Part One was a terrible crucible in which Paul came of age.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucible
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Naked Burn Gel for fire stunts; Dustin Brooks and Colin Decker for the development of Fire for Hire’s naked burn gel; and Attila T. Áfra for the Intel Open Image Denoise, and Timo Aila for his work at NVIDIA applying U-Nets to denoising.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Giorgio’s Discotheque Sunset at EDITION Giorgio’s Discotheque, from famed LA club promoter Bryan Rabin, will return, this year supporting MusiCares Disaster Relief via a $30 donation required for entry that will go towards fire relief efforts.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Amazingly, Mom stayed conscious and talking the entire time of this ordeal.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Earlier this month, Main Street Sports officially emerged from bankruptcy, ending a nearly two-year ordeal.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Keeping his leads separated for most of the runtime, Polish runs them through gauntlets of knife fights, fist fights, gun fights, rocket fights and more.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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What Mayorkas is sure of is that the incoming administration, despite its rhetoric, will face the same gauntlet of challenges that burdened his team.—
Michael Wilner,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Crucible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucible. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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