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Adjective
Elez had emerged as one of the central figures in Musk’s rapid and roughshod overhaul of federal agencies in recent days, during which the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the central agencies carrying out U.S. foreign policy, has been eviscerated.—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025 Linear focus is based on rotation angle (configurable from 450 to 720 degrees), while nonlinear focus responds based on speed—turn the ring slowly for fine focus or quickly for roughshod adjustment.—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Adverb
The sense of place and time has been run over roughshod.—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 The Bruins ran roughshod over the NHL this season, but the playoffs mark a different, often more unfair, season.—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for roughshod
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