chewy

as in tough
not easily chewed a flavorful but chewy piece of meat

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Adjective
  • But the Lotus ladies will have some tough competition, including seven-time winner Allison Janney, two-time winner Patricia Arquette, and potential double nominee Kaitlyn Dever.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • What tough lessons does Cole learn through the process of getting involved with a patient this season?
    Max Gao, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As the skin became more brittle, the hair fell out and the fatty layer beneath began to show more through the years, the white color faded, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
  • It's enriched with black castor oil to nourish the scalp and stimulate hair growth and coconut oil to hydrate dry and brittle strands.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Its thick, leathery skin gives way to greenish-yellow flesh speckled with tiny seeds.
    Katie Chang, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The earliest figures, naked and missing limbs, some suffering gouges or pocked with what look like the holes of beetle larvae, bring to mind eerie tales of automata or the leathery agonies of bog bodies.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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“Chewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chewy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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