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Recent Examples of leathery
The flowers, which are shaped like a snapping turtle’s head, are held on erect stems flanked with leathery green leaves.
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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
Those bones also needed to be strong, though, to support the load of the tough, leathery wing membranes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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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
Those bones also needed to be strong, though, to support the load of the tough, leathery wing membranes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leathery
Adjective
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That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The tough stainless steel loops are reinforced and designed to remain rust-free even after years of use, and a three number combination lock will be easy to remember and difficult to crack.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Like the blind father, the country is desperately trying to overcome its past and disadvantages, in pursuit of a more beautiful future — but that pursuit almost necessarily entails a brittle form of pride, which leads to various injustices along the way.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The risk is that the model overreaches, stripping out human oversight in ways that leave the system brittle.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The bagel was salty, soft, chewy with a nice crust and not rubbery.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Their chewy, soft centers were perfectly complemented by their ever-so-slightly crispy edges.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Leathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathery. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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