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Recent Examples of leatheryAbibu's brown, leathery skin splits easily.—Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025 Eating all the antioxidant-rich fruit inside the leathery rind, including the sweet and tangy pulp, will also deliver nearly 25 grams of fiber — helping to meet the 22 to 34 grams recommended by the CDC for adults.—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025 The flowers, which are shaped like a snapping turtle’s head, are held on erect stems flanked with leathery green leaves.—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 Pour Femme spotlights a lilac accord, while leathery, woody Pour Homme features juniper oil and orange flower absolute.—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leathery
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For city-dwellers that battle hard water, dry, cold air, and random bouts of sidewalk grate humidity — this is the duo your brittle strands need.
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Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
The verification process required meticulous preparation, including heat-treating the brittle Nb3Sn materials in furnaces at temperatures over 650°C (1202°F) to impart their superconducting properties.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
This is a rich, almost chewy, Old Fashioned variation where the salinity of the beef fat meets the sweetness of the maple syrup and subtle chocolate undertone.
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Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Pinckney’s cookies are soft, chewy, with just the right amount of crisp at the edges.
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