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Recent Examples of callosity
The 17-year-old mother, named for a callosity near her blowhole that looks like a snow cone, no longer had the same girth or the dark black skin of a healthy right whale.
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David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callosity
Noun
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Large roof windows maximize natural light, and the interior decor makes use of coated plywood and glass to offset the coldness of the concrete.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Dec. 2025
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However, colors can also pull out negative emotions in people, such as defiance (red), coldness (blue), fear (yellow), and boredom (green).—
Daniel Fusch,
Ascend Agency,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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The ego, the hardness, the … callousness of anything that might be on the heart or the mind had literally just melted away.—
Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This footwear has been in style since last year and can easily make a nice contrasting outfit with having a dark leather uppers, feature rounded or squared toes that bring a contrasting hardness to mom jeans’ light washes and high-waist fit.—
Aaron Royce,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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The ego, the hardness, the … callousness of anything that might be on the heart or the mind had literally just melted away.—
Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The lives of the two children in the story, aged fourteen and four, are portrayed as being as fleeting as the fireflies, and the story is an unsentimental and unflinching account with moments of both tenderness and heartlessness.—
Ginny Tapley Takemori
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China has gained, not suffered, from this obduracy.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Nov. 2025
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Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.—
John Button,
STAT,
16 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Many American students expressed emotions hovering between numbness and heartbreak.—
Leah Willingham,
Fortune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Epinephrine, or adrenaline, is added to lidocaine and other dental numbing solutions to shrink blood vessels, reduce bleeding and prolong numbness.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Your son’s insensitivity to your feelings is appalling.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
26 Nov. 2025
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In just the last week, two men had fainted from heat stroke, and another had coughed up a smear of bloody phlegm.—
Kanak Kapur,
New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2025
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Symptoms may include: irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat; coughing; phlegm; chest tightness; and shortness of breath.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Callosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callosity. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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