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scars

  • present tense form of scar (3rd person singular).

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For young workers, studies have found the scars from missing a vital period of career attainment and network-building can last for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

She, too, survived, but was left with scars.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The two workers scrolling through the photos on an iPad zoom in on teeth, tattoos, or scars.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Many still bear the emotional scars from a time they mistimed the cycle; investors lack long-term conviction and always have one foot out the door.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

In it a man sits, stripped above the waist, exposing for the camera a map of raised, crisscrossing scars.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover