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Recent Examples of callous This absence of regulation has led to sometimes grotesque and callous treatment of human remains, an NBC News investigation found. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024 The often callous nature of the US health care system has long been a point of wide discussion, with evidence piling up that the way the country provides medical services is costly in both money and human life. Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024 Despite the warmth of a beach vacation, getting invited to join a group that’s been so callous to you would feel like awfully cold comfort. R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024 But what marks the shoot with an indelible stain of guilt is her callous indifference toward the well-being of the cast and crew, in her reckless quest to make the film as real as possible. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for callous 

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“Callous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callous. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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