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Recent Examples of scaly
Unlike dry skin, which can be dull and scaly, the leading symptom of eczema is chronic itchiness.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
According to the warrant affidavit, the goat appeared to have arthritis in both of her front knees and had flaky and scaly skin.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
It's linked to psoriasis, a skin condition causing inflamed, scaly patches on the skin.
—Hannah Harper, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Nightcrawler's look shared a complementary yet distinct aesthetic to fellow blue mutant Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), who donned detailed, scaly makeup from head to toe in the first three X-Men movies (and her makeup routine took nine hours to complete!).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
According to the warrant affidavit, the goat appeared to have arthritis in both of her front knees and had flaky and scaly skin.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
It's linked to psoriasis, a skin condition causing inflamed, scaly patches on the skin.
—Hannah Harper, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Nightcrawler's look shared a complementary yet distinct aesthetic to fellow blue mutant Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), who donned detailed, scaly makeup from head to toe in the first three X-Men movies (and her makeup routine took nine hours to complete!).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaly
squamous
Adjective
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Cervical dysplasia on a Pap test is a squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL).—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
6 Sep. 2024
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Eligible participants must identify as Black, be assigned female at birth or self-identify as women, not have a history of cancer (except basal or squamous skin cancer) and be between ages 25 and 55.—
Shana O. Ntiri,
Baltimore Sun,
21 June 2024
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“Scaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaly. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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