wonky

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Reiner injects warmth and realism to Sorkin’s swaggering original script, loaded with wonky dialogue and walk-and-talks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Drinking matcha lattes, she read wonky math papers and became friendly with Shubho Sengupta, an AI scientist at Meta Platforms who was another regular at the communal table.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The idea sounds a bit wonky, but it’s been floated by other prominent leaders as well.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

But Rotem Naftalovich, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, one of the three researchers involved, said the US food regulator was nonplussed by the admittedly "wonky" idea.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

It was a wonky shape, but it had been wedged in the glass wall that had separated this world from the magical one.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova