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Recent Examples of scaly
Visitors to the Lincoln Public Library were treated to a scaly visitor as Larami Burge with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission brought a juvenile alligator for families to see and pet.
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arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
The tree has smooth bark that is grayish brown and becomes scaly with age.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
This could be beneficial for inflammatory skin conditions like psoriasis, which causes dry, itchy, scaly, inflamed patches on the body.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
Many tried and true cultivars like 'Blue Chip' and 'Blue Rug' feature scaly blue-green foliage, while several new varieties have bright yellow to gold foliage that shifts color with the seasons.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
The tree has smooth bark that is grayish brown and becomes scaly with age.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
This could be beneficial for inflammatory skin conditions like psoriasis, which causes dry, itchy, scaly, inflamed patches on the body.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
Many tried and true cultivars like 'Blue Chip' and 'Blue Rug' feature scaly blue-green foliage, while several new varieties have bright yellow to gold foliage that shifts color with the seasons.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 June 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 26 Jul. 2025.
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