intricate
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Heat exchangers are custom-built devices about as tall as a 15-story building and more than 15 feet across, containing thousands of miles of intricate pipework.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The companies’ intricate web of cross-shareholdings artificially inflated their share prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The more intricate Rocky puppet that appears on screen was later designed by Neal Scanlan, a legendary special effects artist, at the Creature Shop in London.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
“For the coffee-lover, the intricate ritual of coffee preparation adds fun and pleasure to life,” he argues.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Using her beak, C.C. pried open a long thin door in the belly of the clock, thus revealing an intricate display of rusted gears and springs and chains and doodads creaking away.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing intricate
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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