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coarsening

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present participle of coarsen

as in vulgarizing

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Banging, rattling, grinding, squealing, or buzzing noises often indicate that something inside the system is loose, damaged, or wearing out.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
The chiptune soundtrack is energetic without wearing out its welcome, and the writing keeps things light with short diary entries and snarky bits of dialogue.

— Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

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Along with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the foundation also partners with schools and community institutions to educate the challenging effects of stereotyping, unconscious bias, and representation imbalance of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and persons with disabilities.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 21 June 2026
In crime coverage, journalists should create equity by being cognizant of correcting any coverage trends that privilege white groups over people of color, especially stereotyping Black and Latino men as violent.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

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Exhausted leaders often make worse decisions, model unsustainable behaviors and quietly signal to their teams that depleting yourself is what dedication looks like.

— Aaron Wolowiec, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The One Big Beautiful Bill also removed a tax on Social Security benefits, depleting another source of the program's revenue.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026

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At 3x, the Razr+'s image processing tried to save the shot by overexposing the dish, but unfortunately, my dinner just looks like an inedible oil painting with a glossy sheen.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Many people damage their nails by picking at their cuticles, for example, or drying them out by overexposing them to water.

— Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026

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