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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

And that callus blocks the need to find that time.

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

“And I did it to myself. Like I always do. Opened the callus up and now it’s infected.”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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

She was found with large calluses on her feet and ankles from constantly being on her hands and knees cleaning floors.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

The tape helps golfers prevent painful blisters or split calluses, explained Brad Woodger, owner of the Royal and Ancient Chappaquiddick Links, another golf course on Martha’s Vineyard.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Her feet had calluses on them, the result of martial-arts training.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Every half-decade or so, Justin Bieber sloughs off the callused skin of the pop superstar he became at age 15 to reveal the tender and quirky R&B singer he’s always been at heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

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

Wearing jeans and a John Deere cap, he turned the radio to an oldies station and, with hands callused thick by 50 years of farming, steered the vehicle toward the edge of town.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2019

She knew how callused his fingertips were, as hard and rough as wood.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

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

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

Bioletti, on callusing beds, 56. on grafting, 48, 52. on pruning in California, 151. on resistant stocks, 63. quoted, 18.

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




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