as in to vulgarize
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Recent Examples of coarsen
By transitioning from marketplace to megaphone, Twitter will further coarsen America’s political discourse.
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Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
But Democrats were helping to coarsen it long before Trump came along.
—Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
In a country so divided and coarsened, does one person’s private struggle for moral purity really matter?
—Danny Heitman, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
Look, the culture has been coarsened, the entertainment industry, music, film, billboards, television, everything is over sexualized or too violent or just dumped down altogether.
—Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
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Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
But Democrats were helping to coarsen it long before Trump came along.
—Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
In a country so divided and coarsened, does one person’s private struggle for moral purity really matter?
—Danny Heitman, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
Look, the culture has been coarsened, the entertainment industry, music, film, billboards, television, everything is over sexualized or too violent or just dumped down altogether.
—Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coarsen
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His versions were full-blooded, with lush strings and reasonably large orchestras — and, purists alleged — vulgarizing distortions.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Ever since his rise to power, Trump has served as a vulgarizing agent.—
Leon Neyfakh,
Slate Magazine,
2 June 2017
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Plus, average sneakers will wear out quickly on any kind of court while tennis shoes have specially designed soles that grip the surface and can handle hundreds of hours of playtime.—
Paige Levinson,
SELF,
14 July 2025
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After the first two bouts wore out the keys to CompuBoxes, the third affair was a war of countering patience and deft defense.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Those inventories will be depleted in about one to two months, estimates Jake Schurmeier, a portfolio manager at Harbor Capital, who previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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Often the weekly allotment is depleted after just one or two days.—
Scott Maucione,
NPR,
17 July 2025
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But despite her years of hands-on experience in the field, Amelia isn’t jaded.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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Pedro Pascal wants Dakota Johnson to start an OnlyFans for some very specific content Johnson, who can often be cool and detached in her work, is perfectly cast as Lucy, using that quality to underscore Lucy’s brittleness and the way her past disappointments have jaded her.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
9 June 2025
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At its peak on Sunday, more than $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated during a 24-hour span — with over 95% coming from long bets, underscoring just how overexposed the market was heading into the weekend.—
Brian Evans,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
22 June 2025
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The Athletic is already guilty of cynically overexposing Arsenal's Max Dowman and Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The risks of overusing BNPL are obvious − miss payments, and your credit score could tank − but there's an upside: Buyers who pay on time stand to boost their scores.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Sure, hygge has been overused a bit in the last few years (candles, fuzzy socks, etc.), but the real idea behind it is simple: comfort and connection.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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At a time when young black men, particularly those in NYC, were often stereotyped in the media as troubled youth or one-dimensional thinkers, Warner came on the scene by bringing a relatable and aspirational energy to millions of households every Thursday.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Audiences stereotyped Olandria and Chelley Bissainthe as mean girls based off of editing bias and harmful tropes.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
15 July 2025
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“Coarsen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coarsen. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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