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as in energetic
having active strength of body or mind
he remains healthy and vigorous despite being over 80 years old
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as in sturdy
able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure
vigorous and sturdy little sheep bred to live in mountainous regions
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as in aggressive
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
offered a vigorous dissent to the proposal
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as in strong
not showing weakness or uncertainty
gave the bottle of sauce a vigorous shaking
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Recent Examples of vigorous
Climbing hydrangeas are vigorous growers and sometimes require a heavier hand to keep them trained to their trellis.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
This amounts to running or other vigorous forms of exercise twice per week in addition to at least two sessions of weight training.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2025
Timing for Fertilizing Roses Healthy repeat-blooming roses require nearly year-round feeding from early spring to fall to remain vigorous and resist diseases.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
All have attractive foliage and most are vigorous spreaders, so keep that in mind when selecting a planting site.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
This amounts to running or other vigorous forms of exercise twice per week in addition to at least two sessions of weight training.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2025
Timing for Fertilizing Roses Healthy repeat-blooming roses require nearly year-round feeding from early spring to fall to remain vigorous and resist diseases.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
All have attractive foliage and most are vigorous spreaders, so keep that in mind when selecting a planting site.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vigorous
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MoMA’s 2024 book Inventing the Modern celebrates the museum’s female founders—Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan—and the energetic idealism required to get these efforts off the ground in an often hostile culture.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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Impressions of the week: This was a fantastic week in Paris — energetic and full of strong debuts.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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Parker Hall The Best Workout Headphones for Moving Around Constantly Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones.—
Brad Bourque,
WIRED,
15 Mar. 2025
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This romantic number takes design direction from a field of blooming cornflowers and is a pitch-perfect match for ballet flats, a treasured pair of kitten heels, or even sturdy and dependable white sneakers — looking flawless in each and every context.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
15 Mar. 2025
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Though McBride — who has been subject to many aggressive comments from House Republicans since joining Congress in January — attempted to move on with the hearing, Massachusetts Rep. William Keating refused to let Self's disrespectful comment slide.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Lately, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has taken an aggressive posture toward Europe.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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In the forties, when the Red Scare began in earnest, a robust federal workforce was still a new proposition, and not one that everyone in Washington was willing to concede.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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In parallel, there are concerns regarding a robust supply-chain as drivers are in short supply; this will be exerbated going forward due to the country’s low birth rate.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Sweet gum grows 60-75 feet tall and is hardy in Zones 5-9. 06 of 07 Tulip Tree Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) roots are fleshy and sparse.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Trees and shrubs that have historically been hardy in this area can also struggle with frost in the early spring.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Gators’ emphatic win Sunday against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament championship game ended the debate on whether the Gators would earn a No. 1 seed.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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This season, UConn has lost three games to top-level teams out of conference, but put itself back in the middle of the championship conversation with its emphatic win at South Carolina Feb. 16.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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Still, in a game that featured an abundance of high-level basketball, even a solid game from Brown might have been enough.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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The silver lining was that even though COST didn’t reclaim its all-time, 2022 highs until December 2023, short-term oversold conditions still led to solid buying opportunities along the way.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Vigorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vigorous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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