: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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Lenders can offer our affordable financing for homeowners to protect their homes with storm surge barriers, upgraded roofing, or wildfire home hardening.
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Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 May 2024
This could lead to a hardening of immigration regulations Europewide, hostility to environmental reform, and pressure to be more amenable to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Senate Bill 672 would require companies to offer and sell property insurance to customers whose properties meet the fire hardening and mitigation standards introduced by Lara’s office and approved in 2022.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
Homeowners can get a 10% discount for structural wildfire hardening of their home, and a 5% discount for hardening the home’s immediate surroundings.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
The purpose of the Fire Risk Mitigation Memorandum Account, according to state law, is to record activities including system hardening, event response and vegetation management.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
It’s often used by people who have had a stroke and holds a host of benefits that combat high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, and tension in the nerves.
—Michael Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Inside the country, the result could be a siege mindset, a hardening of Israeli politics, and a search for scapegoats.
—Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
After catastrophic fires burned thousands of homes in 2020, lawmakers invested $195 million into readiness, including outfitting local fire departments and developing home hardening programs.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2024
Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 May 2024
This could lead to a hardening of immigration regulations Europewide, hostility to environmental reform, and pressure to be more amenable to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Senate Bill 672 would require companies to offer and sell property insurance to customers whose properties meet the fire hardening and mitigation standards introduced by Lara’s office and approved in 2022.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
Homeowners can get a 10% discount for structural wildfire hardening of their home, and a 5% discount for hardening the home’s immediate surroundings.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
The purpose of the Fire Risk Mitigation Memorandum Account, according to state law, is to record activities including system hardening, event response and vegetation management.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
It’s often used by people who have had a stroke and holds a host of benefits that combat high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, and tension in the nerves.
—Michael Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Inside the country, the result could be a siege mindset, a hardening of Israeli politics, and a search for scapegoats.
—Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
After catastrophic fires burned thousands of homes in 2020, lawmakers invested $195 million into readiness, including outfitting local fire departments and developing home hardening programs.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2024
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hardening
noun
hard·en·ing
ˈhärd-niŋ, -ᵊn-iŋ 
: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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