tidy

There is no tidy ending, or even a sense that everything will be alright.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Justice Kagan’s opinion, tidy and correct as it is, was made even better with Justice Neil Gorsuch’s genuinely strong concurring opinion.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Figure 03, a third-generation robot developed by Figure AI, can tidy and clean a living room by itself.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

In total, he took home a tidy five-figure return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

“Trainees, suitcases will be brought to your room. As a new safety protocol and precaution, coppers will be checking them. Don't be alarmed. Keep the line tidy on the stairs.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Moriarty figures heavily in the opening episodes of “Sherlock & Daughter” too, although Dougray Scott lends a malevolent scruff to him that Park’s interpretation tidies up.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Watch: Mouse tidies up man's shed every night.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024

Tears pour down Paul’s face as he tidies up the disheveled uniform looking for words to say goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

Although the deception predictably comes to a head, as Joy’s husband and daughter act on their suspicions that something is awry, “Call Jane” tidies that mess with baffling brevity.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

She makes me laugh one minute, tidies without permission the next.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Sure, it would be tidier, and feel better, to get all of one’s support from like-minded individuals.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026

Sharing became tidier, too — or at least tidier until the glaze made its move.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025

All-rounder Ryan Higgins gets to share the new ball with Ethan Bamber and his first over, from the Pavilion End, is a tidier one with just a single conceded to Billy Root.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024

She picked up her chained dæmon, whose baleful eyes glared at Lord Asriel over her shoulder, and went through to make herself tidier.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

It's not the tidiest grinder I've ever used, but it's the best for brewed coffee.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2022

Strong, he said, was the messier one, and Doubs was the tidiest roommate.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

For most programs, it makes for the tidiest narrative to create icing out of what comes after the region final.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019

"One thing we've become professionals at is reading our diary onstage," Seth says in the tidiest encapsulation of their songwriting style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

I have to say he was the tidiest person in the house, as opposed to Sophie, who used the floor as a display rack for her clothing choices.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

More recently, I tidied the home of a friend who was in the hospital, the pill bottles and crumpled blankets left in situ as evidence of someone else’s pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

I tidied up the wiring using the kind of tape that the factory would have used in 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Implausible horror movies ask you to buy that a curse can be broken, a killer bested, nightmares tidied into a neat resolution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025

I washed up my dishes, tidied the kitchen, and found myself with idle hands.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Some colleagues wish he had picked a less loaded term for what they hope is an overdue tidying of operational lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Donning my academic editor title, I imagined myself tasked with the act of tidying, turning teenage madness, drama, beauty into writing that is still dramatic and beautiful—just grammatically correct.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

"It tends to be this daily thing of resetting the house, and cleaning and tidying," said the 32-year-old mum-of-two.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

She’s in charge of tidying up the props after each performance, setting them in order, always the same order, so that the actors can grab them backstage and run on without a moment’s thought.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood