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callus

[kal-uhs] / ˈkæl əs /


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Each adds another layer of callus over the public conscience.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 3, 2024

Eventually, that callus cracks and you almost get drowned in a flood of emotion, which is sort of my last few years.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2023

The cells formed a tumorlike tissue known as callus that could then be coaxed to grow into a seedling.

From Science Magazine May 17, 2023

Especially the younger ones, who ain’t built up a callus to it yet.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Jobs that “put calluses on your hands—those are the only jobs I’ve ever had.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.

From Science Daily Mar. 26, 2026

While the country awaits Georgia’s first loss — we’re probably going to be waiting quite a while given the Bulldogs’ soft schedule — a collection of fascinating teams are ascendant and building calluses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2023

Golfing experts confirmed the former president is wearing the tape properly and that golfers routinely use it to avoid blisters and split calluses.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Joon and I both possess Uhmma’s lean fingers, but without the hard, yellowed calluses formed by years of abuse from physical labor.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

The miners dug hundreds of feet deep with shovels and their bare, callused hands.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2022

This time, however, that bravado backfired against a callused Ravens team with a defense coordinated by Don Martindale.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2021

At age 75, the tall, easy-mannered fisherman with a replaced knee and rough, callused hands is not as sure-footed as he once was.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2021

Thin and wiry, with powerful forearms and callused fingers, Mr. Watts sat stone-faced behind the drums, as he aged from a hirsute ’60s rocker to a silver-haired master of percussion.

From Washington Post Aug. 24, 2021

My hands are in the hot, soapy water when I hear a step behind me and feel thick, callused hands wrap around my skull.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

They are, therefore, stratified in a callusing bed where moisture and temperature can be controlled.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

The bottom of the callusing bed is first covered with 2 or 3 inches of sand.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

It is usually better, however, to place them for several weeks in a callusing bed before planting.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

Conifer grafts are often placed in a grafting case for rapid callusing.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

In the callusing bed we should endeavor to hasten and perfect the union of stock and scion as much as possible while delaying the starting of the buds and the emission of the roots.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick




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