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coarsened

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verb

past tense of coarsen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarsened
Adjective
  • Conventional cooling systems often rely on cold plates that offer indirect contact with battery cells, which can result in uneven temperature distribution.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Polishing and setting diamonds on uneven surfaces is a rare skill and Chopard does it all in-house.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last Tango left him feeling depleted.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This comes amid weak August data, after consumer subsidy funds were depleted and not fully replenished.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hurts wore out a defense without Micah Parsons on touchdown runs of 4 and 8 yards — no legal tush push needed.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For decades, the profession has been stereotyped as a world of calculators and spreadsheets, quietly humming in the background of business.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is, of course, a tremendously unfair characterization of the lunch lady, who, given her profession of feeding hungry children, ought to be stereotyped as saintly rather than monstrous.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • United’s decade-plus of footballing dysfunction owes a partial debt to hiring processes that can make sense in the moment, but leave head coaches overexposed.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • If most of your liabilities reprice simultaneously, you’re overexposed.
    Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Coarsened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarsened. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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