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Matthew Patrick Davis accentuates with a wink the callowness of Joseph II, an emperor who perhaps sees in Mozart a reflection of his own stunted nature.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

It’s one of the pleasures of reading him, that for all the callowness, or cruelty, of his characters, he never extends his judgments onto us.

From The New Yorker Jul. 21, 2016

But with the relative callowness of Bobby Wood and Gyasi Zardes in the roster, the coach has gone for the experience and current domestic form of Wondolowski.

From The Guardian May 21, 2016

Ashley Laracey is another distinctive young sylph, while the strong Brittany Pollack has begun to shed the seeming callowness of youth.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2014

Aside from callowness, what is this man’s problem?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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