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  1. harsheradjective

    Comparative form of harsh. More severe.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of harsher in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of harsher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of harsher in a Sentence

  1. David Michael Smith:

    Our elected officials and politicians need to hear from the community that not all of us want more cops or harsher policing, we need to get at the root causes of the problem.

  2. Mahathir Mohamad:

    This plan is a strong statement from the current government that we will track down and prosecute past offenders, while current and future offenders will be facing harsher action.

  3. Lou Brien:

    Trump was in between a rock and a hard place, because it's very popular right now to be down on China ... particularly with his base, on the other hand to have come out with harsher penalties or sanctions would risk the stock market.

  4. Eesha Pandit:

    For decades sterilization was used as a way to control populations considered ‘undesirable’ — immigrants, people of color, poor people, those with mental illnesses and disabilities, tying Ms. Creel’s sentencing to her sterilization formalizes the coercion — the threat of a harsher sentence is manipulative and dangerous, and aligns with a legacy of eugenic practices through the U.S.

  5. Jill Duggar:

    So, I am freezing Sam's stuffies again, i should have done this [already], [it's] long overdue now. He has allergies, like I said before. His allergist recommended that I freeze his stuffies or, you can put them in the dryer. But sometimes I feel like the dryer is a little harsher on them, so I am freezing them.

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