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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a firmer one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing something to another option that is more solid or stable in nature.
Example: "After considering the options, I decided to go with a firmer one for better support."
Alternatives: "a more solid one" or "a stronger one."
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He distributed his talents almost equally between the stage and the screen in his later years, and sometimes it appeared that if he had concentrated them both in form and in subject his mark would have been a firmer one.
That's a shame, because we can well imagine wanting a softer ride for freeway travel, and a firmer one for back roads.
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Maybe it's a hundred and twenty per cent, although that figure isn't a firm one, either.
The floor was not a firm one, because the E.P.A. could issue a waiver if the requirement became "onerous".
But Mr. Davies called it off, at least temporarily, when he could not coax a second major advertiser into making "a quasicommitment" a firm one.
"I remember him being a small man with a small hand," Kiefer said, "and his handshake wasn't a firm one.
Our country assures the world that its case against Osama bin Laden is a firm one, but if he is tried in secret, large parts of the world will never believe in his guilt.
In our 39 years of history as a firm, one fact that's been clear to us is that technology is a cyclical business.
But sources say the deadline may not be a firm one.
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