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arty

[ahr-tee] / ˈɑr ti /


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The maze of shadowy streets around the New York Stock Exchange has been rarely associated with elegant, arty escapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

What obviously matters to Stewart is the totality of experience and “The Chronology of Water,” arty and naturalistic in equal measure, is no toe-dip into directing — it’s deep-end stuff from start to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

That work paid off with “I’m a TV,” Martin’s debut album of original songwriting that evokes the millennial indie they grew up on as well as the arty pop of the Largo canon.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

"I was never really an arty person," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

A prep school kid, a touch arty, wearing an old man’s suit and no doubt reading Camus or Kerouac.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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