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Recent Examples of callous Any advice would be appreciated. — Not the Bestie Dear Bestie: At the risk of sounding callous, this is not your problem. R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025 Any advice would be appreciated. – Not the Bestie Dear Bestie: At the risk of sounding callous, this is not your problem. R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 The jacket touched off a firestorm of questions about whether Melania Trump, an immigrant herself, was being insensitive, or even callous, to the plight of children separated from their parents while trying to cross the U.S. border. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025 The shelter's staff doesn't know anything about the circumstances that led to him being abandoned in such a callous manner. Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for callous

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“Callous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callous. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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