coarse-grained

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarse-grained
Adjective
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
    Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The move, part of a broader effort to streamline federal operations and reduce costs, could have far-reaching consequences for the department's ability to function effectively, particularly in areas like financial aid processing and customer service.
    Scott White, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In a broader analysis of senior leaders across 77 companies, men held 84.4% of CEO/president roles and women filled 15.6%.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Overall, salty snack purchases declined 0.3% during the 52 weeks ending on February 23, according to market research firm Circana.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The latter infuses the recipe with a salty quality with less sodium than salt itself.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Its Monday grosses topped its Saturday receipts — unusual for any film and suggestive of the idea that the release is gaining strength.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The results were suggestive but silly—streetwear for Wallace and Gromit.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here, against Arsenal at the King Power Stadium in February, Jorginho clips a high ball into the Leicester box but Caleb Okoli should clear it easily, with plenty of blue shirts around the box to deal with any second ball.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In this town, the prom queen has always been a white blonde with blue eyes.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Suncor operates the only refinery in Colorado, processing about 98,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
    Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The measures included a ban on seaborne Russian crude oil exports and a price cap of $60 per barrel on Russian oil.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Further, his salacious moral failures make his leadership credentials questionable.
    Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Still, readers expecting a salacious tell-all about commune living should likely look elsewhere.
    Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Two major developments in the mid-1800s showed why impure water is dangerous.
    Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.
    Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Coarse-grained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarse-grained. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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