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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callused
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Degrease The Kitchen If frying bacon or green tomatoes has left your range hood and cooktop with caked on grease, Windex can cut through it.
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Clean Off the Deck A mower deck caked with clippings attracts more clippings.
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The 1500 feet-long sculpture, made of 6000 tons of black basalt rock and earth, juts out of the basin and is encrusted with white salt, having been altered over the years by the salty pink water that used to flow there.
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Eliza decked herself in emeralds, while Amelia modeled a set encrusted with sapphires.
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That separates vendors who truly hardened their posture from those who just updated their talking points.
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The interview, released in August, was supposed to follow the show’s usual strange logic, but instead the exchange hardened around Gaza, with Friedland growing visibly emotional as Torres remained largely unmoved.
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While no layoffs were proposed, the city froze hiring for several positions, including animal control officer, code enforcement officer, and senior civil engineer.
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The senator froze up while speaking with reporters in two 2023 incidents and suffered several falls, using a wheelchair at times as a precaution.
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Pulisic played a dynamic first half in the Americans' historic 4-1 victory over Paraguay to open their home World Cup nearly two weeks ago, but the AC Milan midfielder came off at halftime after an injury from training stiffened up.
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Nicks on the edge or stiffened, curled rubber will leave streaks.
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Since then, speculation has congealed into reality.
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Then they were scooped from the pot and set on a plate to rest, glistening and congealed, revealing the color of the filling within.
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Much of that growth has been concreted at the very top.
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The world’s longest-running talk show, NBC’s late-night institution created the late-night format, which was perfected and solidified by the late-great Johnny Carson’s 1962-1992 tenure.
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McKenna was the top dog in the 2026 draft class for several years, and his one solid season at Penn State just solidified that.
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“Callused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callused. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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