In a sentence
Six example sentences with robust, each labelled with its topic.
At seventy he remains robust enough to carry both grandchildren up two flights without pausing on the landing.
Fitness
The pipeline is robust enough to survive a whole region going dark, which the team proved by unplugging one.
Technology
Mangrove roots make the shoreline robust against storm surge in a way concrete walls have never quite matched.
Environment
Growth stayed robust through the winter, with factories hiring and exports rising for a sixth straight quarter.
Economics
The surgeon preferred a robust patient for the long operation, since recovery drew on reserves the frail did not have.
Medicine
A robust forward who plays all eighty-two games is worth more than a star who misses thirty of them.
Basketball
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Found in 9 published word lists
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Computer Science Word ListAuthoritative
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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