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  • plural of mess.
  • present tense form of mess (3rd person singular).

messes





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The beds and food bowls are gone; the floor where they always left messes after devouring the grub I made them is eerily clean.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“People end up in the hospital all the time due to that, and it messes up medicine management too.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

In the spirit of legendary columnist William Safire, I’ve got my own messes to clean up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Built in part from five years of therapy notes, the album finds Smith revisiting moments of struggle, recovery and, as he puts it, "all the sort of messes in between".

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

“Like fierce. Like nobody messes with her, right?”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt



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