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Recent Examples of callus
This allows the stem to callus where it was cut or broken, which helps prevent disease.
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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
Our feet, in particular, are one area that, with the exception of pedicures, can easily become overlooked, resulting in dry, cracked, and callused soles.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
Our feet, in particular, are one area that, with the exception of pedicures, can easily become overlooked, resulting in dry, cracked, and callused soles.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callus
Verb
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The business ends of her tools are scrupulously clean, but the pale, slightly discoloured wooden handles have bits of old clay caked to them.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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When you’ve been outscored 69-9 in the first halves and by 76 points overall in the previous three games after losing Joe Burrow for three months, every decision comes caked in desperation.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The band also appears to be diamond-encrusted.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Pictures show divers shining lights inside the wreckage of the ship, which was encrusted with algae and thick marine growth.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 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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The Art Deco world of Poirot has long since been concreted over by some ’70s town planners, and the Miss Marple chintzy rural drawing room is not a place that many people frequent.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Blashill opened his first training camp as Blackhawks coach hoping Bedard, Burakovsky and Ryan Donato would gel as a line.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Biadasz came to the Commanders last year after spending his first four years with the Dallas Cowboys, so the veteran center and rookie quarterback had to get to work quickly in order to gel with each other.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simply assemble and bake according to the instructions before freezing.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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As temperatures are forecast to plummet to as low as 21 degrees Fahrenheit, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued freeze warnings for parts of Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Oregon on Saturday and Sunday.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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A couple of buckets and a couple of rebounds a quarter with solid defense and a steady presence down low will solidify what was previously Los Angeles’ most glaring weak point.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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After working through a round of negotiations last week, the trade partners plan to continue to meet with the goal of solidifying a free-trade deal by the end of the year, the European Commission said this week.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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The hardening public mood in both capitals reinforces hawkish instincts.—
Lizzi C. Lee,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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These are produced by precisely laying fiber strips in a mold, which is hardened using resins or other plastics to form a component.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Callus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callus. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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