as in nerve
shameless boldness
the grandchildren had the crust to ask for more money after wasting the first handout
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Recent Examples of crust
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Beneath the moon's icy crust, scientists think there's a subsurface ocean of salty water, adding to the possibilities for Titan to harbor life.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
These showed that a chunk was missing from the bottom of Earth’s crust beneath the volcanoes: For some reason, the bottom of the crust became heavy and dripped downward from the top part, leaving a gap.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
His high standards for the insides of the sandwich are a fair part of Angelo’s magic, but the real miracle is his bread: graceful torpedoes of flour and yeast and dough, the crust baked to a crisp, autumnal golden-brown and dusted with sesame seeds, the interior both soft and dense, sour and salty.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Beneath the moon's icy crust, scientists think there's a subsurface ocean of salty water, adding to the possibilities for Titan to harbor life.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
These showed that a chunk was missing from the bottom of Earth’s crust beneath the volcanoes: For some reason, the bottom of the crust became heavy and dripped downward from the top part, leaving a gap.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crust
Noun
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As all 2,161 of their fans entered Fratton Park, the nerves were palpable — but there was an air of confidence.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But the neighbor lost his nerve and instead dumped the boy with a cop.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
Verb
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The race, when wet, famously leaves riders caked in mud from northern France’s former coal-mining region.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Tarte's tape technology softens the look of fine lines and wrinkles, and the crease-proof formula means this concealer won't cake under the eyes.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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By Nicholas Lemann Among Joe Biden’s afflictions and miseries, his wormwood and gall, there are the insults (about his diminished capacities), and then there are the compliments unpaid (about his achievements).—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2024
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Our study also identified other risks, including low blood pressure, sleep problems, headaches, formation of kidney stones, and gall bladder disease and diseases associated with the bile ducts.—
Ziyad Al-Aly,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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The chance to get a bit dirty comes one floor below the restaurant, with a spa offering massages, facials and soon a mud room with muds from around the world for guests to smear on themselves while perched on seats heated to 98 degrees.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The arrogance of economics and its myriad equations, charts and numbers is astounding.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Others were negative traits to avoid, like irritability, arrogance, and combativeness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Processing the pictures, from coating the plate to presenting the developing image, can feel a bit like a ceremony.—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Designed to deliver buildable volume and definition, the long-wear formula doesn’t smudge and has an innovative conical brush to coat every lash without clumping.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With its savory pantry sauce, this dish fits into my favorite genre of weeknight cooking: sauce + veg + protein + an excuse to fire up my Zojirushi.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 May 2025
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To correct for this, astronauts tend to prefer spicy foods or adding spicy sauces, like sriracha, tabasco or red pepper paste.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
Verb
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High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
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His Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph RM 72-01 is encrusted with diamonds set in white gold and features a green rubber strap.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Crust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crust. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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