roughness
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"There is no wear, no surface roughness and no direct contact. Dissipation is generated solely by collective magnetic rearrangements."
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
On the ensuing possession, Adams went to the medical tent after being hit by Panthers safety Nick Scott, who was penalized for unnecessary roughness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
Most EV charging stocks didn’t perform very well this year, partially due to roughness in the EV market.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
In a 1919 review of a pair of books by Theodore Dreiser, Virginia Woolf issued some exquisitely backhanded praise for the Indiana-born author, whose writing, she thought, stood out for its roughness and vitality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The sensation inside is so familiar, so comforting and recognizable and real that Bailey can feel the roughness of the bark, the smell of the acorns, even the chattering of the squirrels.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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