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crass

[kras] / kræs /


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It’s crass and illegal, and yes, the cameras are insured and immediately get replaced.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The songs that emerged revealed new textures in his arrangements and a sweeping genre range, yet also his most deliciously crass humor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Farage said he liked Parry and had known him "for a very long time", but that his comments were "crass, insensitive, hurtful and wrong".

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

The backlash on social media was harsh, with many viewers calling the gimmick crass, disrespectful to the nominees and even dystopian.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Megan, Terryl says, was acting kind of crass, burping and being a bit strange.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Yet some native poetry lurks always beneath the crasser surface.

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 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

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

From Forbes Sep. 26, 2012

Long is a book crasser who leaves books in public places to be picked up and read by others who, hopefully, will do the same.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2011

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

It’s silly, gory and scatological but in arch and inventive fashion, lampooning television’s crassest indulgences by wallowing in them.

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2013

I said I'd risk appearing the crassest, contradictoriest wretch that ever drew breath.

From The Return by Walter De la Mare




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