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as in to crumple
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
crinkled the candy wrapper up and threw it away
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Recent Examples of crinkle
Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 July 2025
Thanks to its retro appeal, the crinkle swimsuit remains Hunza G’s signature, with its original classic one-piece design now spanning into an array of bikini and one-piece styles.
—Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Not just polite smiles, tacit acceptances of paparazzi attention, but broad, knowing smiles, teeth visible, eyes crinkling.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Fans of the bathing suit can also find the Azure crinkle design in several styles, including a one-piece for $180 and a matching crochet mini dress coverup for $162.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 July 2025
Thanks to its retro appeal, the crinkle swimsuit remains Hunza G’s signature, with its original classic one-piece design now spanning into an array of bikini and one-piece styles.
—Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Verb
In the footage, the cat enthusiastically bats at the paper bag while its owner attempts to eat breakfast and scroll on their phone, undeterred by the chaotic soundtrack of crinkling.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Not just polite smiles, tacit acceptances of paparazzi attention, but broad, knowing smiles, teeth visible, eyes crinkling.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crinkle
Noun
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Swaziland continued to plough its own political furrow against its larger neighbor until the end of apartheid.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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Morning arrived upon the sea where the ship was heading toward the horizon, that great slope made of other smaller slopes, which the ship tackles one after another, like an ant attacking one furrow after another.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
Verb
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What child has not aimlessly kicked up a rustling pile of fun?—
Susan Mathison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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In fact, the Hearing Health Foundation says this is about the noise level of rustling leaves or the average room noise.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Another of the malnourished babies in Nasser Hospital was 5-month-old Ramaa, wearing a pink floral dress that crumpled around her slight frame.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
25 July 2025
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Only the ghost of a man, his jacket crumpled on the driver’s seat.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
Verb
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The 30-percent linen two-piece is breathable, comfortable, and resists wrinkling—ideal for flights and airport days.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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Keep in mind that those sheets likely will wrinkle as a result.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The gentler bend in the screen reduces the appearance of the middle crease and allows the two halves to close tightly with no gap.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 July 2025
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But to my eyes, Samsung's Fold 7 crease is even less noticeable (shallower) than the crease in all my other Chinese foldable phones.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
Verb
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But at least the whole street comes together in the end, with someone strumming a guitar as the pages crackle.—
Adrienne Matei,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Perched above the busy, cobblestoned Old Town streets, the restaurant's stone fireplace dominates the space, crackling with the same wood fires that have cooked peka for millennia.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Verb
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To use mousse, rake and then scrunch it into clean, damp hair (after applying a good shampoo for curly hair and leave-in conditioner for curls).—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
23 June 2025
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The department shared a photo from the rescue on Facebook the following day, showing the tiny nocturnal mammal with its face uncomfortably scrunched into the hole of a storm drain.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this year, the Sony Pictures’ Keke Palmer–SZA buddy comedy One of Them Days squeaked out a small profit, grossing $51 million on a $14 million budget (a sequel is reportedly in the works).—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo squeaked out a slight lead over Democratic mayoral primary winner and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in a two-way race, a new poll Tuesday shows.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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“Crinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crinkle. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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