as in nerve
shameless boldness
the grandchildren had the crust to ask for more money after wasting the first handout
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Recent Examples of crust
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
While tubing mascaras offer some of the most popular no-clump formulas, other options rely on thin lash combs and hydrating ingredients to ensure that your makeup doesn’t crust up during application.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Researchers at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are monitoring signals of magma movement within the Earth's crust to detect when the next eruption at Etna is imminent, according to a paper published in Science earlier this month.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
During the first few days, normal symptoms such as crusting and redness may happen.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
While tubing mascaras offer some of the most popular no-clump formulas, other options rely on thin lash combs and hydrating ingredients to ensure that your makeup doesn’t crust up during application.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crust
Noun
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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New York — Tech stocks took a bruising this week as nerves persist about expensive valuations and a potential artificial intelligence bubble.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Her hands and feet were caked with so much dirt that hospital personnel had to scrape it off of her body, Dente testified.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Formerly white lines, long ago stenciled by proudcrafters, currently caked and crusted;still gridded for Corollas, Minis and Civics.—
Leslie Simon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Their unlikely friendship ended in February 1987, when Warhol died suddenly after a complicated gall bladder operation.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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The ability of the Broncos’ core four pass-rushers up front to win one-on-ones — Cooper, NFL sack leader Nik Bonitto, Zach Allen, Franklin-Myers — and the secondary’s ability to win in man coverage on the back-end has given coordinator Vance Joseph the ingredients and the gall of a mad scientist.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee said the audit was purposefully designed to smear the Sheriff's Office.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This propensity for mental acrobatics, alongside his immense arrogance, was how Epstein rationalized his crimes to himself.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Using him comes across as arrogance.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your glass tabletops, windows, and mirrors may look worse after cleaning them thanks to the dull film coating their surface.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dip the apple into the liquid candy and rotate it to coat evenly.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tofu pudding with piping-hot dipping sauce.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The McRib comes on a toasted bun and consists of a boneless pork patty, barbeque sauce, dill pickles and onions.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Thousands of onlookers gathered in the streets outside the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills as Taylor—then just 18 and ravishing in yards of white satin encrusted with seed pearls—raced to the ceremony.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Despite several missteps ‒ including dropping a diamond and emerald-encrusted gold crown on their way out, leaving behind forensic evidence and being caught on security footage ‒ the robbers and the jewels still haven't been found.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Crust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crust. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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