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Recent Examples of tidy
Adjective
Setup / First Impressions The on-off button and level selection button Photo: Stewart Savin The pull-out dirt tank that allows for tidy disposal Photo: Stewart Savin This item showed up quickly on my doorstep in one compact package. Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025 Home was a tidy brick house the Prevosts bought new in 1949 on East 141st Place. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Verb
This is my annual reminder to comb through your physical and electronic financial files and tidy up. Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025 Leaving the photo world, Phillip scrambles and finds the note, shoved into the middle of some stuff the maid tidied up. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tidy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidy
Adjective
  • Front Runner has a deep, long-running catalog of overland products, but possibly its most visible and ubiquitous is its lineup of square Wolf Pack Pro boxes that stack and secure together to make dry storage as neat, secure and space-efficient as possible.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 June 2025
  • Beating the best that Europe had to offer in the Champions League was a neat riposte.
    Phil Hay June 2, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Viewed from within China, things had been looking up after the world’s two largest economies agreed to dramatically roll back steep tariffs – a conciliatory step in a trade war that had threatened the entire global trading system.
    Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
  • The trend is particularly striking across younger age cohorts; Gen Z drinks less than prior generations at the same age, and millennials hold the largest share of no-alcohol drinkers, according to IWSR.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • That enthusiasm has pushed one of his most popular collections back to the summit on one major list, while another brand new title earns the rock legend another top 10 bestseller — just ahead of what’s sure to be another sizable debut.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Just as those anti-Trump, anti-capitalism, down-with-oligarchs and BTW free Luigi rallies draw some sizable crowds.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • This indicates substantial price swings during these periods.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • In the February meeting, however, Clinton’s top economic advisers, including Bob Rubin, the then head of the National Economic Council, and Lloyd Bentsen, the Treasury Secretary at the time, were advocating substantial cuts in the budget.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • According to data presented by Soltero, both Oak Terrace and Red Oak have seen a considerable decline in enrollment in a five-year period, although Oak Terrace has seen more than double that of Red Oak; about 31% compared to Red Oak’s 13%.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • But barring a considerable deterioration of the macroeconomic climate, another production hike appears to be on the horizon next month as well.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Mercury in Gemini offers ideas to freshen your impact.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • Read on to discover the best linen spray options to freshen your bedspread, wow overnight visitors, or even use to perk up your wardrobe staples pre-laundry day.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Front and rear parking sensors, a heated steering wheel, leather upholstery and paddle shifters highlight the trim level.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 18 May 2025
  • There are six trim levels in total and the pricing is as follows: LX: $28,690 (starting MSRP) EX: $30,490 (starting MSRP) SX: $34,290 (starting MSRP) SX Prestige: $36,290 (starting MSRP) X-Line: $32,990 (starting MSRP) X-Pro Prestige: $39,590 (starting MSRP) Need a break?
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Here the handsome yellow and gray Palazzo del Capitolo building is close to Jana’s Café, where tank topped and tattooed visitors sipped rather than chugged espressos.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • These escapades are set in 1950 and have a handsome vintage color palette of white, gray, green, metal and wood.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025

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“Tidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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