as in to vulgarize
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Recent Examples of coarsen
If Trump’s effect on the Republican Party was simply to coarsen it, then progressives might have grimaced and taken it.
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The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2022
But Democrats were helping to coarsen it long before Trump came along.
—Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
In a country so divided and coarsened, does one person’s private struggle for moral purity really matter?
—Danny Heitman, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
Look, the culture has been coarsened, the entertainment industry, music, film, billboards, television, everything is over sexualized or too violent or just dumped down altogether.
—Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
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The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2022
But Democrats were helping to coarsen it long before Trump came along.
—Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
In a country so divided and coarsened, does one person’s private struggle for moral purity really matter?
—Danny Heitman, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
Look, the culture has been coarsened, the entertainment industry, music, film, billboards, television, everything is over sexualized or too violent or just dumped down altogether.
—Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarsen
Verb
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
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Compared to standard phone batteries, which eventually wear out or overheat, redox flow batteries use large tanks of liquid electrolytes to safely store power rather than solid electrodes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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If a device frequently drops connection and can be fixed with a wiggle, there’s a good chance something is wearing out in the cable.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The horizon line in front of us is one of rising water risk and stress, of rising demand for a resource that can and will be depleted.—
Alaina Harkness,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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That won't deplete us of revenue to fix our roads.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Frequent Smoky Mountain-goers can get jaded about the gateway communities to the national park.—
Margaret Littman,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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She was collected, fierce, and frankly jaded in her discussion of efforts to document wars around the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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And overexposed to real estate.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Valuations for the funds last month dropped to their lowest since 2022 amid concerns that the lenders may be overexposed to software businesses under threat from AI disruption.—
Olivia Fishlow,
Bloomberg,
25 Apr. 2026
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But in science, they have been especially overused.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Turning Up the Heat Too High Too Fast High heat has its place, but it is often overused.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The pregnant body, unhidden Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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“Coarsen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarsen. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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