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as in tangled
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as in weaved
to twist together into a usually confused mass
the extension cords were hopelessly knotted together
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Recent Examples of knotted
Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
Awash in bright sunny images and careening toward a dark, knotted ending, Daneshmand’s family drama makes for an increasingly disquieting watch, the unseemly secret at its center as poisonous as the pet snail which serves as a waiting Chekhov’s gun.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
The most popular current adaptation would be something like a kilt, a kind of men's skirt that incorporates this same knotted detail in the front.
—Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
Vast factories and processing plants slumped into the earth, stripped bare like knotted jungle gyms.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Washington sported a short-sleeve Balmain midi dress featuring a double collar and a knotted detail at the waistline.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
Awash in bright sunny images and careening toward a dark, knotted ending, Daneshmand’s family drama makes for an increasingly disquieting watch, the unseemly secret at its center as poisonous as the pet snail which serves as a waiting Chekhov’s gun.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
The most popular current adaptation would be something like a kilt, a kind of men's skirt that incorporates this same knotted detail in the front.
—Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
Vast factories and processing plants slumped into the earth, stripped bare like knotted jungle gyms.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knotted
Adjective
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Both sides have shown willingness to work toward an agreement, but the issues are knotty and a deal is far from a sure thing.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Islam likely travelled to the region with Arab traders, but the erasure of earlier worship systems was the result of a series of knotty events entwined with foreign influences bent on the very existence of the small nation as an integral unit.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The collective tension as the game went on, and the poles became taller and more tangled, made every move exciting.—
James Palmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Dec. 2024
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Her free-associative lyrics are either mesmerizingly strange or plainly hilarious, and her tangled, clanging riffs have an oddly soothing effect.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Sea oats and fir trees dance in the breeze as seagulls squawk in a bright blue sky and the mighty Pacific crashes against the jagged shoreline a few dozen yards away.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
12 Feb. 2025
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The neck’s jagged base suggests that the head was torn from a larger, perhaps full-length figure, but the sculpture reveals almost no other significant damage.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Infielder Nick Madrigal was moved to the 60-day IL with a broken shoulder to make room on the 40-man roster.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Deo’s family told the outlet that the car had a broken window and blood on the front seat, and his shoes were left inside.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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It's found in contaminated water and food, explains Ivers, which then produces a toxin in the small intestine that leads to the severe diarrhea and rapid fluid loss.—
Daryl Austin,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Although the contaminated water isn't getting into the region's drinking water, people and animals could still be exposed to the bacteria.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Economic policymakers have described the disinflation process as a bumpy road.—
Neil Irwin,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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The tensions between the U.S. and China, and the possible bumpy road in global trade that could result from it, has logistics giants like CMA CGM, DHL and Kuehne + Nagel redeploying Chinese staff across different regions of the world.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Knotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knotted. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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