annealing

verb

present participle of anneal
as in hardening
to make stronger (as through hardship) She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.

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Recent Examples of annealing The telecom giant plans to use D-Wave’s quantum annealing technology to tackle complex optimization problems across its network operations. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 Over the next five years, real value will come from applying quantum principles, such as annealing and probabilistic optimization, to supply chains, finance and logistics before fault-tolerant quantum arrives. — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026 Engineers sparingly tried annealing hardware space, so Juno's experience could be instructive for future missions. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 Workable quantum solutions that make use of annealing systems are now in use. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 Returning to Chip Design Tradition A common way to solve massive combinatorial optimization problems is with a search technique called simulated annealing (SA). — Somdeb Majumdar, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annealing
  1. hardening
  2. strengthening
  3. reinforcing
  4. fortifying
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  • Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, in a continuing sign of the party’s hardening stance toward Israel.
    — Noah Robertson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The specifications hardening around agents are careful about this line.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of hardening
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  • Nathan created an atmosphere of tension that backfired spectacularly by wedging a distance between himself and his deckhands and strengthening the bond between Joe and Cooper.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Better lineage improves simulation quality, which produces better model behavior, which generates better outcomes and richer feedback, strengthening governance by exposing the gaps previous cycles missed.
    — Richard Clough, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of strengthening
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  • That means knowing which sources carry weight with language models, which narratives are worth reinforcing and what is costing you citations.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There is also evidence of second-round effects from energy costs, reinforcing the risk that inflation is becoming entrenched, BofA said.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of reinforcing
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  • CISOs invested billions of dollars fortifying corporate inboxes with secure email gateways (SEGs), enforcing strict DMARC policies and conducting continuous phishing simulations for employees.
    — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, Kiffin said LSU would consider fortifying his team’s defensive tackle depth with another player.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of fortifying

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“Annealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annealing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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