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Recent Examples of callus
From nail care to callus removal, special tools and techniques will ensure no injury occurs.
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
This allows the stem to callus where it was cut or broken, which helps prevent disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Those with sweaty pits and callused hands — asphalt rakers, flatbed drivers, farmers, and welders — already know the score.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Often, a keelboat could manage just two crossings a day, for a total of 15 or 20 miles; afterward, their shirts bloodied, their shoulders callused, the men were rewarded with a fillee—a cup of whiskey chased by a cup of river water.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
This allows the stem to callus where it was cut or broken, which helps prevent disease.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Those with sweaty pits and callused hands — asphalt rakers, flatbed drivers, farmers, and welders — already know the score.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Often, a keelboat could manage just two crossings a day, for a total of 15 or 20 miles; afterward, their shirts bloodied, their shoulders callused, the men were rewarded with a fillee—a cup of whiskey chased by a cup of river water.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callus
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The cul-de-sac at Cooke Circle in Plymouth is caked in more than a foot of snow, and neighbors say a plow has yet to come through.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Tests showed one product named Bama Slamma – a flower caked in a white powder – contained 13 times the legal limit for THC, two times the Michigan and Minnesota limit for mold, and two types of funguses, both of which are banned in Michigan cannabis.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Per photos shared by People, Brown made a dazzling entrance in Soho in a white halterneck dress that was encrusted with sequins and trimmed with delicate eyelash lace.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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As the salmon blackens in a skillet, the spices awaken, encrusting the fish in peppery piquant.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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Rogan compared the experience of becoming famous as a child to concrete.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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Eventually, a £400,000 scheme was agreed that would see a new roof erected, all wooden benches replaced, and the entire area concreted.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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If something isn’t exactly gelling, this is the stage to mix it up in makeup, hair, costumes, whatever needs to be fixed.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2026
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His dark brunette hair was neatly gelled to the side.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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Saad told the Statesman recently that the ski area opened two-thirds of its terrain this season, and the nonprofit also froze season pass sale prices for next year in an unusual move.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Mar. 2026
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He’s successfully advocated for creating new incentives for affordable housing construction and automatically renewing a program that freezes property values for some seniors, heading off big bill spikes from rising property values.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
8 Feb. 2026
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the race has evolved, changing ownership five times and solidifying its place as one of the nation’s premier marathons.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Texas will likely need at least one win to solidify its status as an NCAA Tournament team.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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The facility had been recently hardened with a concrete shell and then covered with soil in the months before the current conflict.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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But there is a troubling shift that occurs when success hardens into excess and gives way to fear, a paradox that emerges all too often.—
Michael Sonnenfeldt,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Callus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callus. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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