coarse-grained

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarse-grained
Adjective
  • Short and/or fine hair sets faster than long, thick, coarse hair.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Start with turbinado sugar, which has a coarse texture and a caramel-like flavor that complements coffee beautifully.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With 50 stores in mainland China, Longchamp has plans to grow its retail network steadily over the next few years, with three to four new ones opening annually and a focus on Shanghai and the broader Yangtze Delta region.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Parker also faces criminal charges As school shootings continue to plague US campuses, this civil trial could serve as a roadmap for the upcoming criminal case against Parker, which itself could set a broader precedent.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • More surprisingly, many report food cravings—especially for salty foods, sweets, and chocolate.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Her sharp, salty performance as Flo, a tough-talking waitress and confidant to Ellen Burstyn’s title character, earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • This period also saw Husain exploring female forms, including images of Hindu goddesses like Durga and Lakshmi, sometimes in suggestive or erotic poses.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Even more suggestive of charter value, Rick Ware and Legacy Motor Club have battled in court over the sale of a charter for $45 million.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The tight race has surprised some in the traditionally blue state, which has had a Democratic governor for the past eight years and a legislature controlled by Democrats for even longer.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The park will be adorned with red, white, and blue flowers and American flags.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Big Oil leaders Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Shell continue to hike their crude oil production volumes from West Texas’s Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to deepwater Guyana despite concerns of a rising global oil glut as OPEC nations keep exporting more barrels each month.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There's more to her than salacious details.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But the palace clearly felt something more had to be done to halt the seemingly weekly drip-feed of salacious headlines.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • France has Europe’s largest population of Muslims, over 6 million, for whom pigs are considered impure.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even the most natural parts of many women’s lives — such as menstruation, clothing or even breastfeeding — can be framed as being impure or as moral transgressions.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Coarse-grained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarse-grained. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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