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coarse

[kawrs, kohrs] / kɔrs, koʊrs /




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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

Once sliced, the tomatoes are dipped in flour, then in eggs and, finally, in coarse cornmeal before they are fried to golden-brown perfection.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

He also hinted that he was not really enjoying the job or the coarse civic culture of our current moment.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Across the opening there was, as Jenner had predicted, a coarse screen of heavy wire.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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