intricacy
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The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Under it all, though, is an alluring intricacy in the instrumental ensemble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Working in concert, the two must untangle a crime of ingenious intricacy relying on their instincts, their logic, and a dogged pursuit of the facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Natasha Rothwell’s spa manager Belinda is the sole character whose emotional trials are explored with nuance and intricacy.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
I was mesmerized by the intricacy of the procedure and didn't realize how long I had been neglecting my work.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Tanden can reflexively rattle off the particularities of housing protocols I couldn’t begin to decode; she titters with satisfaction upon recounting the intricacies of a long-discarded Australian cap-and-trade proposal.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
But what I gained was insight into the intricacies of the American judicial system, and profound appreciation to be one of the fortunate few who got another shot at justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"This work opens a new direction to explore further the intricacies of the connection between the supermassive black holes trillions of miles from where we are to how we came to be here."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The complex intricacies of language manifested on Eimbcke’s first bilingual set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
No one else understood the intricacies of our family and what our parents had to overcome just so we could live in America.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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