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[kras] / kræs /


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"There might have been a few crass comments that I've said," he added.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

However crass it might seem to use the document for advertising, the practice put the Declaration in many more hands and created a lasting relationship with the American people.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Despite or because of the crass, disrespectful language, conservative influencers are raving about the video as a game-changer.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

If Hulu’s “Shoresy” is the poster child for successfully balancing raunch and heart, “Ted” is on the opposite end — crass and lazy.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

I shrugged, wondering if it was crass to say this in their circles.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

The moral geography of New England tends to follow its lines of altitude: virtue is sought in the hills; a crasser commerce prevails near the sea.

From The New Yorker Jan. 17, 2016

Ms. Brooks, 45, was questioned about some of the crasser highlights of her career by her own lawyer, Jonathan Laidlaw, even before prosecutors began their cross-examination on Wednesday.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2014

And his nasal voice and prim diction wonderfully underline his crasser bits.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2012

It’s not just that communication has become more frequent, it’s become much crasser and coarser.

From Forbes Sep. 26, 2012

Certainly in its crasser manifestations—this utilitarian philosophy has widely destructive effects nowadays.

From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.

And that was just at the crassest level.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2021

Under the act’s crassest feature, the commissioner who returned an alleged runaway to his or her captors received a ten-dollar fee, while deciding for liberty only brought five dollars.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

It lacked the narrative structure, moral fiber, and cathartic transformation that even the crassest feed serials took for granted.

From The Verge Dec. 17, 2017

Given that he doesn’t even consider what he does to be dance music, Streten is particularly keen not to be lumped in with the crassest end of the genre.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2015

To speak of it in the crassest terms, this resource brings him a hundred times more salary than another man with just as good a voice can command.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel




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