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Etymology
Origin of solidity
1525–35; < Latin soliditās, equivalent to solid ( us ) solid + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said during the event that the "historic purchase" reflects Copa's "solidity, vision of growth, and leadership."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
City's attack is flowing, having scored 10 more goals than Arsenal, but having also conceded six more – you feel the title race could be defined by whether City's goals can outshine Arsenal's solidity.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
“The whole challenge with Ella was to be able to sell the solidity of this person,” says Mackey, describing not just her character but also the classic Brooksian heroine.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Investors take a lot of comfort from the solidity of Big Tech earnings as worries grow about artificial intelligence overinflating valuations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Meanwhile, as though in inverse ratio to the vanishing voice, the invoked ghost of the man whom she could neither forgive nor revenge herself upon began to assume a quality almost of solidity, permanence.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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