as in unsentimental
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Recent Examples of hardcase
This five-piece luggage set comes with two hardcase suitcases and a matching hardcase carry-on.
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Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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
Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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
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Photo Gallery This kind of unraveling isn’t that new in the pantheon of British kitchen-sink dramas, but what is quite startling is the film’s clear-eyed, unsentimental portrayal of Michael as the author of his own tragedy.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Success in great-power competition requires rigorous and unsentimental net assessment.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Her hard-bitten, cynical persona provides a nice juxtaposition to how maudlin so much commentary about motherhood can be.—
Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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
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For lunch or dinner, top a salad with scrambled or hard-boiled eggs.—
Amanda MacMillan,
Health,
1 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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While the jeers towards Xhaka followed the midfielder, Arsenal’s captain at the time, retaliating to sarcastic cheers from the crowd at him being replaced in an October 2019 home match against Crystal Palace, those directed at Eboue were due to his performance.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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His first half was littered with increasingly ridiculous highlights: a lefty hook over Isaiah Hartenstein, a potpourri of 3s with hands in his face, a sarcastic stare-down after his defender tried taking a charge, followed by a pass to himself off the backboard to simplify the finish.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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In the absence of such confidence, the aesthetic would be frivolous and decadent, or bitterly ironic.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
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This is especially — and tragically — ironic because the current problems derive largely from the largest peacetime expansion of the money supply in at least a century.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, actor David Alan Grier — who plays a jaded veteran doctor — received a Critics Choice nod for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and an NAACP Image Award nomination.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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In person, the attention to detail and the high level of finishings is striking, even for a jaded watch journalist.—
Kristen Shirley,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 2 Jun. 2025.
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