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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hard-foughtadjective

    requiring great effort

    "a hard-fought primary"

GCIDE

  1. hard-foughtadjective

    Vigorously contested by both opponents; -- of contests; as, a hard-fought battle; a hard-fought primary election.

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  1. hard-fought

    Hard-fought typically refers to something that is achieved or earned only after a great deal of effort, struggle or conflict. It is often used to describe hard-won victories in sports, war, politics, or any other competitive situations where a significant amount of effort, determination and resilience is required.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hard-fought

    contested; as, a hard-fought battle

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. hard-fought

    Vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought battle.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard-fought in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard-fought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hard-fought in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Ingber:

    SEMA applauds NHTSA’s final rule allowing companies to market classic-themed cars, regulatory barriers have previously prevented small automakers from producing heritage cars that are coveted by consumers. The roadblocks have been eliminated. This is a hard-fought victory for enthusiasts, small volume manufacturers, their suppliers, and all the men and women who will be hired to fill new jobs created by this law.

  2. President Trump:

    Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win, the people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!

  3. Craig Smith:

    Playing against that team, they’ve been playing really well. We knew it would be a hard-fought battle, it was a fun game. I think everybody was engaged. Everybody on the bench was lively.

  4. Eric Schmitt:

    Today, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office delivered a huge win for the people of St. Louis County and obtained a temporary restraining order, halting the enforcement of the mask mandate, this is an important, hard-fought victory, but our fight against unreasonable and unconstitutional government overreach continues.

  5. Kyrie Irving:

    It's only one of 82, but we knew what we came here to do, and that was to take care of business, we knew it would be a hard fought game in this arena, and we were locked in. They made a run in the third quarter, but we came back in the fourth quarter and overtime.

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