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Recent Examples of curlicue
Austin Fast, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025
Her riffs and curlicues drop off her like cherry blossoms.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
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Noun
One block away sits the Ottawa County Jail, a squat beige brick building framed by curlicues of razor wire.
—Austin Fast, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025
Her riffs and curlicues drop off her like cherry blossoms.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Verb
Outside, winding paths through gardens and woods lead to site-specific installations, like Eleven Minute Line, a land-art piece by Maya Lin that curlicues through a field of cows.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicue
Noun
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Attached to the back of each mirror are about 700 tiny magnets that are pushed and pulled by electromagnetic coils to enable the mirrors to change their shape thousands of times per second to remove the atmospheric jitter.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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The factory coils are in many cases better than some aftermarket parts.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If everything checks out, the service module’s main engine will fire Thursday evening to send the crew on a trajectory that will loop them around the Moon.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rather, Orion will loop around the moon's far side this evening in a history-making flyby.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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The micro workouts included moves like rotini spiral planks, spaghetti curls and penne plié squats, along with star jacks, which were inspired by the new Protein+ star shape.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this week, she was seen filming with tight '80s curls.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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While Lindsay and Josh spiral down the dark abscesses of their own selfishness, the chairwoman embarks on her own damage control.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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From there, the fallout spreads quickly, spiraling into manipulation, resentment and power plays that ripple throughout the workplace.—
Ryan Brennan
April 16,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Romantic Tour is a lavish spectacle that is buffed to perfection, with every light swirl and confetti drop precisely calibrated.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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These red velvet cupcakes taste like they’re made from scratch, with a tender buttermilk cocoa crumb and a thick swirl of cream cheese frosting.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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The mattress's latex core has a five-zone structure that provides varying levels of firmness tailored to support different areas of your body — with the most enhanced support in the mid-section to prevent your back from curving or sagging.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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The main kitchen is all sleek wooden cabinetry, with an eat-in banquette curved into the central island.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta Located within walking distance of the Peachtree train station, Georgia Aquarium, and Centennial Olympic Park, The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta gives classic luxury a contemporary twist.—
Ellie Nan Storck,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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Even in the harshest descriptions of the violence and almost unbelievably cruel twists of fate that Yarris endured (the DNA testing keeps getting accidentally mucked up), Brody lends him a vital indomitable spark.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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News of his involvement comes following our story yesterday on McCarthy circling the project.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Onboard anti-collision alarms sounded in both cockpits and both planes circled the airport before making safe landings.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Curlicue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicue. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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