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robust
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    This word, unlike the others, was not worn at all, but fresh and robust.†  (source)
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    Any game theory simulation of society is more robust if you include a criminal element.†  (source)
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    Now she turned to me—snapping gum, robust and sunny, her jewelry blazing in the strong light.†  (source)
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    Also, we're sending food, which is pretty robust.†  (source)
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    "That was different," he said robustly.†  (source)
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    Peeta looks healthy to the point of robustness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    What we want for him is somebody robust ...and upbeat.†  (source)
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    Of course, it was a robustly stupid thing for Albert to do, too, since teachers lifted their eyebrows with appreciation when handing back his test papers.†  (source)
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    We banded ourselves together, some boldly, some in jest and some almost in fear: and of the number of these latter, the reluctant Indians who were afraid to seem studious or lacking in robustness, I was one.†  (source)
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    I could see a little of Dorothy in her face, but, unlike her daughter, she was a big, robust woman.†  (source)
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    Its army was much smaller initially than Rwanda's, which was supported fecklessly by Zaire, to a greater degree by Belgium, and robustly by France.†  (source)
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    Yet they were all so well fed and clean, they all shouted "'Evenin', Georgie!" with such robustness, that they seemed to be cousins, and the strange thing is that the longer one knew the women, the less alike they seemed; while the longer one knew the men, the more alike their bold patterns appeared.†  (source)
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    They'd only be going down fifteen feet, so it was more than robust enough for the job.†  (source)
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