brittleness
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing brittleness
Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Introductory
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Structure and Properties of Matter - High School
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It does have some more engineering problems than copper, including poorer conductivity, corrosion, and brittleness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
But in addition to exposing Kennedy’s limits, Trump’s pro-Roundup order—and MAHA’s reaction to it—revealed a brittleness to the movement as a whole.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
“External wars tend to strengthen revolutionary regimes in their early years, but military humiliations expose the brittleness of late-stage dictatorships.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
However, these processes can take months and increases brittleness or warps the artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
He was living to be one hundred years old and played a smoothly fluent game of billiards that contrasted with his own ninety-four-year-old brittleness.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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