calluses

verb

present tense third-person singular of callus
as in encrusts

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  1. encrusts
  2. cakes
  3. freezes
  4. hardens
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  • These crustaceans, worms, fish, and others keep their home clean by grazing on the algae that encrusts seagrass leaves.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of encrusts
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  • The kids aren’t going to remember that mom made the birthday cakes herself.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of cakes
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  • This prolonged court battles freezes the company in place until there is a resolution and this is taking place at a time when the rest of the industry is evolving almost daily.
    — Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • The ruling freezes public hearings and witness subpoenas until a full judicial review of the report underpinning the inquiry.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of freezes
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  • Success breeds overconfidence; overconfidence hardens into presumption; and presumption eventually obscures the actual source of momentum.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Instead of building parts one layer at a time, the system hardens the printing material all at once, producing seamless structures.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of hardens
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