Example Sentences

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Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky will firm up an offer of £5bn, including assumed debts, for the company which employs more than 150,000 people.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

Lucy’s flyby of Dinkinesh will firm up scientists’ preliminary estimates of the asteroid’s basic shape and composition and will also allow them to count craters on its surface to better calibrate its age.

From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2023

The cheese should be smooth and thick and hold together; it will firm up further in the refrigerator.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

Dextrose can produce a softer product at colder temperatures, while glucose will firm up an ice cream at warmer temperatures.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021

It is enough if we possess our conscience in rectitude, if our aim be noble, our will firm and constant.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen