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coarse

[kawrs, kohrs] / kɔrs, koʊrs /




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County prosecutor, accused Hochman of contradicting himself, questioning the D.A.’s efforts to justify the officers’ coarse language.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

India's main summer crops include rice, pulses, coarse cereals, oilseeds, cotton, sugarcane and jute.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: From high-heat titanium tools for coarse hair to gentle ceramic irons for fine tresses, these are the best hair straighteners we tested.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Under normal conditions, turbidites show a consistent pattern, with coarse material settling at the bottom and finer sediment layering on top.

From Science Daily May 2, 2026

Nineteenth-century séance attendees had the jaw-dropping experience of watching delicate lady mediums taken over by coarse sailor’s spirits and cursing up a storm direct from Summerland.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Concentrations of coarser particles, which are also linked to respiratory illness, exceeded Kosovo's daily legal limit on 16 days.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Unlike Maricopa Highway 33, Hudson Ranch Road features coarser asphalt, no guardrails and more passing zones than turnouts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

They’re small, the colors are garish, and they’re coarser in feeling than the work for which he is best known.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 24, 2026

His analysis showed that the CONUS404 simulations were reliably capturing straight-line winds, as opposed to previous, coarser simulations that failed to capture many such events.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

It fell, in waves and curls and disobedient frizzy wisps—soft on the inside, coarser on the outside—to just below where her small, strong waist began its curve out towards her hips.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Hershey assumes Mounds consumers crave coconut meat at its coarsest and its exfoliating benefits for the digestive tract.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2022

If you have multiple files, work from coarsest to finest, just like sanding a table.

From Seattle Times Jan. 3, 2022

Justice Stephen G. Breyer was particularly concerned about whether racial slurs and the coarsest of words have a lingering effect.

From Washington Post Apr. 15, 2019

Areas closest to the river and its branches rose the highest in elevation, because they got the most doses of the coarsest sediment.

From Scientific American Mar. 3, 2018

So on that day, Wu Tsing, fearful of my mother’s vengeful spirit, wore the coarsest of white cotton mourning clothes.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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