tidy
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It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The team focused on improving quality and pairing down some assortment to tidy stores, said this person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The funds focus on lower-risk infrastructure businesses, which act as a tidy diversifier between bonds and equities, portfolio manager Bertrand Cliquet told MarketWatch in an interview on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“There is no tidy predictable schedule to the illness,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Miss Lumley, I can tell from your clear thinking, good grammar, and tidy penmanship that you are a superior governess; this reflects well upon your own education.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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
She tidies up his place and spends time with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
Watch: Mouse tidies up man's shed every night.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024
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
We put on our uniforms and sit down to our breakfast of tea and sesame-topped bizkochikos, our favorite biscuits, while Mima tidies the kitchen and Papa reads the newspaper with a pair of thick glasses.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
"Being a little tidier and keep the bogeys off the scorecard, I think I can have a good weekend and get closer to the leaders."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Sharing became tidier, too — or at least tidier until the glaze made its move.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
Lily pulled out a thick album with a fabric cover, much tidier than the battered Big Blue Book Chicken loved so much.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” The tidiest self-care bop since Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
It's not the tidiest grinder I've ever used, but it's the best for brewed coffee.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2022
Since then, I’ve realized that placing fish fillets in parchment envelopes and baking them is actually just about the easiest and tidiest way I’ve found to prepare fish.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2021
The book was shaped, in collaboration with the composers, by Rick Elice, a writer of “Jersey Boys,” that tidiest of blockbuster jukebox musicals, as well as the ecstatic story-theater piece “Peter and the Starcatcher.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 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
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
Chargers players dressed and equipment managers tidied up the locker room after the team’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at SoFi Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
Key areas surrounding Murrayfield will be "tidied up" after all three shows, with extra litter collectors at Roseburn Park from 16:00 to 01:00 daily.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
After they had wandered off, I improvised a broom from dried stems and tidied up, sweeping away the embers.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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
And the groove, this time led by a simple, prancing line by Mr. Maynard, simulates the rhythmic movement of tidying up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Minister Chung said North Koreans have been spotted "sprucing up" areas near the JSA for the first time this year -- cleaning, pulling weeds, tidying flower beds and taking photos.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
She said he was "so proud of his work", which involved putting stock out and tidying the shelves, and was praised for his work ethic by managers.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
After a few minutes of tidying, the silence becomes overwhelming.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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