as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
merged with another firm to become a major player in the brokerage business
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as in solid
not showing weakness or uncertainty
a friendly fellow with a ready smile and a firm handshake
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as in hard
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
cold butter that was too firm to spread
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as in stuck
firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge
was firm in the saddle during the canter
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as in resolute
fully committed to achieving a goal
asked him to reconsider, but he was firm in his commitment to the project
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as in stable
having been established and usually not subject to change
the selling price of the house is firm, so there'll be no dickering
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as in sturdy
marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion
built on a firm foundation, so the house hasn't settled
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as in reasonable
based on sound reasoning or information
that assassination theory is far from firm, since there's not a shred of actual evidence to back it up
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Recent Examples of firm
Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Among the similarities between Prospect Medical and Steward– both companies sold off the land and buildings to a real estate investment firm prior to its executives issuing themselves large payouts.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Additionally, our tester didn’t like the inability to adjust it around the neck for firmer positioning to deliver more heat.
—Bianca Lambert, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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TikTok has about 115 million monthly active users in the U.S., well behind YouTube at 258 million and Facebook at 253 million, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
—Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Among the similarities between Prospect Medical and Steward– both companies sold off the land and buildings to a real estate investment firm prior to its executives issuing themselves large payouts.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
McCourt and his firm Project Liberty formed the consortium last year to buy social media platform TikTok in the United States.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Additionally, our tester didn’t like the inability to adjust it around the neck for firmer positioning to deliver more heat.
—Bianca Lambert, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firm
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But headline numbers can obscure the far-reaching and perhaps unexpected effects for specific companies and even industries more broadly.Justin Worland, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
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If a few of those companies stop insuring the insurers, there aren’t necessarily others to step in.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2025
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The Jayhawks hope solid defense translates well on the road Saturday.Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
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But last year's average of 186,000 new jobs a month still slightly exceeds the pre-pandemic average of 182,000 from 2016-2019, solid years for the economy.PAUL WISEMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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In a statement the night the fire reached the Villa, a Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum spokesperson said the museum benefitted from resolute brush clearance and hearty, double-wall construction.Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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This means rejecting, with resolute conviction, the seductive allure of victimhood and its tacit relinquishment of personal agency.Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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In addition to Strong's scrap and boatyard, the stable where Curly would care for Tommy's racehorses resided here.Matt Cabral, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Warframe is the model that the industry largely ignores, for whatever reason, despite being arguably the most successful and stable.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Rows of sturdy two- and three-story flats stand at attention on countless streets.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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During renovation work, the men’s first team have been moved into the women’s building, with the women housed in a temporary — but sturdy — portable cabin, and the Graduate Lounge has been turned into the academy and women’s teams’ canteen.Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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But there are a handful of fitness tests that are possible to complete on your own (at home or the gym), which offer a reasonable proxy for VO₂ max, say Angadi and Stoner.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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The authors focused on identifying characters with sufficient screen time to learn enough about their childhoods to make a reasonable assessment based on the questionnaire.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
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In 1946, a group of scientist from the Upjohn Company and their families decided to purchase land with the hopes of cooperatively building affordable houses in a rural setting, according to Michigan Modern.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
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Who needs a house, who needs clothes, who needs anything but this level of clout, pop, superstardom?Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Firm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firm. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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