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meandering

[mee-an-der-ing] / miˈæn dər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
rambling
Synonyms


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"Kank lived in a landscape of meandering rivers and streams with seasonal ponds, inhabited by aquatic plants such as water lilies and animals including fish, insects, and various molluscs," says Dr. Motta.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Condos, like other properties, shot up in value earlier in the pandemic but have been moving sideways in L.A. for the last two years, with the median price meandering around $700,000 for a two-bedroom condominium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

There's a lot of flakiness in their make-up, possibly too many players spending too much time meandering through games.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

His lines are lazy, woozy, all-forgiving reportage about the seasons’ slow parade, the meandering ongoingness of our world: arrival, decay and the modest glory in between.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It wasn’t much more than a meandering dirt lane, one car wide in spots, cutting through the blandness of sagebrush and ducking down to an anemic border river.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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