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Recent Examples of calf
Denver is relatively healthy for this time of year, with the only substantial injury being to Aaron Gordon's calf (day-to-day).
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The dress falls to your calf and features narrow elastic at the back of the waist with a removable tie belt.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Occasionally, the length is longer, especially on shorter wearers, but T-shirt dresses usually don’t fall below the calf.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Morgan wasn’t the only one to exit early Monday night, with veteran referee Scott Foster sidelined in the second half with a calf injury, leaving two referees to officiate the balance of the game.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The dress falls to your calf and features narrow elastic at the back of the waist with a removable tie belt.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Occasionally, the length is longer, especially on shorter wearers, but T-shirt dresses usually don’t fall below the calf.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Morgan wasn’t the only one to exit early Monday night, with veteran referee Scott Foster sidelined in the second half with a calf injury, leaving two referees to officiate the balance of the game.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calf
Noun
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Chicken with the skin on, like wings and thighs, can be a source of type II collagen.910 Type III: Type III is found in the skin, muscles, intestines, and blood vessels.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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Then police examined the flesh wound, at a downward angle, on Beckford’s right thigh.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Supplements with silver, for example, can cause a difficult-to-treat condition called argyria that turns the skin bluish-gray, while the antibiotic minocycline can cause the same discoloration on the arm, face, and shins.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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His socks are only vaguely acquainted with his shins.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shanks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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My grandmother, the heart of our kitchen, traditionally buries the shank beneath a fragrant palau rice.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Calf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calf. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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