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firmest

  • superlative of firm.

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Intel looks to be “on its firmest footing in years,” Seaport Research analyst Jay Goldberg said in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

“It’s probably the firmest evidence yet that this planet has an atmosphere,” said Ian Crossfield, an astronomer at the University of Kansas who studies exoplanets and was not involved with the research.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Folky fingerpicking and new-agey thoughts about self-help make “Deeper Well” one of the gentlest but firmest rebuffs imaginable.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Mr Sunak hailed the UK and the US as "two of the firmest allies" in Nato.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

I say, in my firmest, calmest astronaut voice.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein