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Recent Examples of callousness
Kroshunov's daughter, Ilana Korshunov, expressed shock at the callousness of the driver.
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Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
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
And yet, there is this streak — more than a streak — of brutality and of callousness and of cruelty.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Their callousness about Julian has become tiresome.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
While these remain allegations until proven in court, the evidence reflects an extraordinary level of callousness and violence.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2025
Bianco’s callousness is appalling.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Soft, quiet songs emerged as antidotes to cruelty and callousness.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That means uprooting institutionalized callousness and redefining what counts as efficiency, innovation and value.
—Valerie L. Myers, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
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
And yet, there is this streak — more than a streak — of brutality and of callousness and of cruelty.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Their callousness about Julian has become tiresome.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
While these remain allegations until proven in court, the evidence reflects an extraordinary level of callousness and violence.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2025
Bianco’s callousness is appalling.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Soft, quiet songs emerged as antidotes to cruelty and callousness.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callousness
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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Makio’s relationship with Shingo is rich and complicated, revealing new vulnerabilities in a character whose initially somewhat off-putting in her coldness.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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Ideal snowmaking conditions today require a dewpoint temperature – the combination of coldness and humidity – of around 28 F (-2 C) or less.—
Sunshine Swetnam,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One flashpoint came after comments related to standardized testing sparked accusations of racial insensitivity.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Mar. 2026
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After a two-hour tale of comical deception, betrayal, emotional cruelty, insensitivity and obliviousness, the audience is expected to swallow a message of caring and community.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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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One involved the radiation hardness of silicon sensors at cryogenic temperatures, referred to in physics as the Lazarus effect.—
Liz Wegerer,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Feb. 2026
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Diamond grit is used by industrial manufacturers — including in the semiconductor, automotive and energy sectors — for its hardness properties.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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.—
David Abel,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Sep. 2022
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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
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“Callousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callousness. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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