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intricacy

[in-tri-kuh-see] / ˈɪn trɪ kə si /
NOUN
complication
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STRONG


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But the Houthis had developed a network to track American warplanes with observers, optics and infrared sensors whose intricacy U.S. officials didn’t entirely understand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

I'm a cat owner, and one of the things that I love about “Puppy Bowl” is the increasing intricacy of the Halftime Show featuring kittens.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Is there some greater design, some genius, some intricacy behind their businesses and the people they talk to, or their companies’ structure?

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025

Each entry had been pinned to a square of black velvet, the better to display its intricacy.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly