messy
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I carried my messy notes as we walked slowly.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Texts should be messy anyway, she adds, because the intimacy comes from informality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Roy said helping the butterflies could be as easy as leaving your garden to become "messy" and "diverse".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Hamawy led me through the polished medical half of the office to a room around the corner with a conference table and a messy whiteboard with leftover green-marker notes from the primary.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s messy but she doesn’t seem to mind.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Sometimes, the answer lies in those messier grey areas.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Implementing AI in a way that benefits companies near-term is a much longer and messier process in sectors like healthcare, energy, transportation, and law, among others.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
It is Amazon vs. the messier, slower and often less efficient system it replaced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
“Omakase” is in conversation with that same roots-first impulse, but Díaz’s inheritance is messier and more personal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
And things were about to get even messier.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
Of all the fronts in the AI wars—funding, electricity, chips—the messiest is the fight for human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
But the messiest part is likely yet to come.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Once China’s most prolific property developer, China Evergrande may soon be its biggest and messiest corporate breakup.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The area around my bed was the messiest part of the room, except for the area under my bed, which was even worse.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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