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Recent Examples of leathery
Beach vitex has small, round leaves and a smooth, leathery texture.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
But since the skin is quite leathery and not as tearable as a banana peel, this is one occasion in which proper tools make the task much quicker and easier.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Almost 30 years later, my knee still puffs up with too much activity, the skin almost leathery to the touch.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
But since the skin is quite leathery and not as tearable as a banana peel, this is one occasion in which proper tools make the task much quicker and easier.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Almost 30 years later, my knee still puffs up with too much activity, the skin almost leathery to the touch.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leathery
Adjective
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Federal judges have so far been skeptical of the Trump administration’s past efforts to use extraordinary powers to make deportations easier, and that could make suspending habeas corpus even tougher.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Last year’s drought conditions that extended into late fall combined with very windy winter conditions and frozen soils were tough for some evergreens.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Effortless, beachy waves that stay soft and bouncy, not brittle.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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This deeply hydrating treatment offers touchable softness to brittle strands and delivers moisture directly to the cortex with a potent blend of squalane, humectants, and peptides.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Leathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathery. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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