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as in vigorous
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
parents who voiced strenuous objections to the new textbooks
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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
a strenuous workout on the obstacle course
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Recent Examples of strenuous
The lighthouse offers views of Bodie Island, the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound, but climbing its 200 steps is strenuous, equal to the height of a 10-story building, park officials say.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2025
Injuries to pitchers are already such a problem, in fact, that strenuous effort is made to avoid them.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
However, there's one category of footwear that stands out above the rest: recovery shoes, styles intentionally made with supportive features to alleviate foot pain by absorbing impact (preferably after strenuous activities).
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025
Most of the hike is flat, but there are a couple of strenuous hills.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2025
Injuries to pitchers are already such a problem, in fact, that strenuous effort is made to avoid them.
—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
However, there's one category of footwear that stands out above the rest: recovery shoes, styles intentionally made with supportive features to alleviate foot pain by absorbing impact (preferably after strenuous activities).
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025
Most of the hike is flat, but there are a couple of strenuous hills.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strenuous
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Other video motifs include UFOs, idyllic green pastures, and vigorous exhortations to drink only the purest, rawest milk.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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The spectacular dancing shifts from vigorous chorus lines to topflight tap and modern dance routines, often blurring genre boundaries.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Rust, a difficult movie to release, grossed $25k at 115 theaters, presented by Falling Forward Films.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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Clematis wilt is a fungal infection that is difficult to treat.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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But in recent weeks, Musk dramatically lowered his taxpayer savings estimates from DOGE's government cuts, disagreed publicly with Trump's aggressive tariff policies and butted heads with multiple Trump officials, some publicly, revealing divisions within the White House over Musk's influence.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Moderate Republicans from swing districts are balking at deep cuts to social safety net programs, even as hardliners demand more aggressive reductions.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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On one hand, the problem makes a manager’s life more challenging by limiting a team’s available options to potentially finish a close game.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Saving for retirement has become more challenging for many reasons.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Children are being exposed to an unprecedented amount of online pornography, much of which is violent and misogynistic.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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However, the Salvadoran national was living in the U.S. illegally and is suspected of being a member of the notoriously violent gang MS-13.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Every debt-relief product review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of debt-relief products.—
Dana Miranda,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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This month, a study found that the people who’d participated in a rigorous diet-and-exercise program in the late nineteen-nineties, as Bryant did, were substantially less likely to develop diabetes decades later.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Having brought a 12th NCAA women’s championship back to Connecticut, UConn guard Paige Bueckers is widely expected to be drafted No. 1 after rounding out a stellar college career in the most emphatic fashion.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Liverpool remain on course for an emphatic Premier League title victory, a superb achievement given this is Slot’s first season in English football, but results have dipped.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Federal judges have so far been skeptical of the Trump administration’s past efforts to use extraordinary powers to make deportations easier, and that could make suspending habeas corpus even tougher.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Last year’s drought conditions that extended into late fall combined with very windy winter conditions and frozen soils were tough for some evergreens.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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“Strenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strenuous. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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