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as in neat
being clean and in good order
could easily find everything on her tidy desk
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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
paid a tidy sum for a painting that may not even be a genuine Titian
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as in sizable
sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention
signed a three-year contract for a tidy amount
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as in to straighten (up)
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Recent Examples of tidy
Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Rinse the stain remover off with warm water, and voila: sparkling-clean nails and tidy cuticles to match.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
My childhood was filled with hours of detangling, tidying, and styling.
—Shani Hillian, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Women are under all kinds of other pressures in the age of Instagram to be perfectly slick and tidy and on time and all this other stuff.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Rinse the stain remover off with warm water, and voila: sparkling-clean nails and tidy cuticles to match.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
This sparks her ardent imagination more than any husband tidying the garden could.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
My childhood was filled with hours of detangling, tidying, and styling.
—Shani Hillian, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidy
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The temple itself has some neat features, such as a rock that appears to be levitating, and there's also a training droid so your minifigures can practise their Jedi moves with it.—
Kimberley Snaith,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Available on: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC There are few first-person shooters more influential than the Halo games and this compilation, which was first released in 2014, bundles everything together in one neat package.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The release of over 600 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel — the largest one-day prisoner release in the ceasefire’s first phase — was delayed, apparently for Israeli security consultations on Saturday evening.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Cavaliers ended the first quarter on a 31-20 run and built a lead as large as 42 over the Eastern Conference’s No. 3 seed.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, there could be negative implications to that search, yet this sizable increase might also suggest a shift to organizations that remain unwavering in their commitments to inclusion, especially for younger generations.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Many of the community’s prominent figures have built sizable platforms.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Everyone is overrating the potential return and this return of late round picks is not substantial.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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That includes significant Chinese investments in the United States; substantial purchases of U.S. crops, airplanes and other goods; and potentially some arrangement to address Chinese manufacturing overcapacity.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Like the Commanders, the Falcons and Chargers also saw considerable leaps from last year.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Trade options One of the biggest problems with trying to replace Copp via trade is that the center market is mainly divided into two kinds of players: potential upgrades that would cost considerable assets to acquire, and players who may not improve the Red Wings much.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There probably needs to be a clear out to freshen things up for both the players and the club.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Once in the water, the blossoms — dormant now for two weeks — began to freshen.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Her daughter, 33, also wore a look from the McQueen spring/summer 2025 collection, featuring a black vest with white pleated chiffon trim.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Her eyewear was usually cushioned by her coiffed blonde hair; her beauty aesthetic built intentionally around ‘notes on bangs’: From side-swept to feathery wisps, thick curtains, and a pixie fringed trim.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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The handsome toddler wore a black baseball cap, blue and burgundy vintage Philadelphia Phillies jersey, white linen pants, and vans.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Nicole and her husband, renowned plastic surgeon Ted Richardson (Maurice Johnson), are surrogate parents to Ted’s nephew, Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman), a handsome and flirty photographer whose parents died in a plane crash.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Tidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidy. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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