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crust

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verb

as in to cake
to cover with a hardened layer pipes crusted with mineral deposits

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Recent Examples of crust
Noun
Researchers then combined sample analysis with existing data and advanced statistical modeling to explore the area’s crust and mantle dynamics. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025 Baskaran added that the imports from Myanmar are also particularly high in heavy rare earth element contents, which are generally less abundant in the earth’s crust, elevating their value and scarcity. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025 Geologists have long suspected that Afar is underlain by a mantle plume, a pillar of upwelling hot material that is helping to drive apart the overlying crust. Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 The distinction between being unique and ho hum is as thin as the crust. Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for crust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crust
Noun
  • In that study, a chemical formulation was injected into a paralyzed rat's spine before the nerve tissue was stimulated with electricity.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
  • Consider Otto Loewi, the German physiologist who helped prove that nerve signals are transmitted chemically.
    Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Photos of the aftermath show children's bunks caked in mud, belongings strewn about and a building with an entire wall missing.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 July 2025
  • All his belongings — a mattress, sports cards, his pet parakeet’s bird cage — now sit caked in mud in front of his home.
    Nadia Lathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Ignoring the reason Fernandes Anderson won’t be back to join her former colleagues made for some moments of head-smacking irony and sheer gall.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • Queen, not yet a high school upperclassman, showed some gall.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Baldoni’s countersuit, accusing her of smearing him, was dismissed last week.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2025
  • The assertion by certain anonymous users online is a typically out-of-context and absurd effort to create fake news for clicks and to smear.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.
    Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Except there’s a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, and coated in a puzzle.
    Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 13 July 2025
  • Chicken and waffles are also popular, and one waffle menu item comes coated in Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Fresh corn is just the addition the cheese sauce for these nachos was waiting for.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Two screenshots from the viral video showing Kim holding the almost empty jar of sauce.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
  • His Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph RM 72-01 is encrusted with diamonds set in white gold and features a green rubber strap.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Crust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crust. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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