chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenspeckle
Adjective
  • But people in the control group didn’t have a noticeable change.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To economists like Zandi, however, the country still remains at high risk of entering a downturn, with inflation, softness in the labor market and noticeable declines in consumer confidence weighing on their forecasts.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With Duck out, the team will likely look to Kendall Sheffield to take a more commanding role in the secondary.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There were some attitude issues in the Patriots’ wide receiver room last season without a commanding veteran leader.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His dad and prominent local attorney, Alex Murdaugh, was later convicted of the double homicide.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And while there have been prominent layoff announcements in recent weeks, that doesn’t immediately translate to higher unemployment.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The performance opened with a black and white sequence, before partner Emma Slater joined him for a dramatic choreography.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The comedy, often quite broad, is occasionally jarringly incongruous, and the dramatic stakes of the season-long arc sometimes vanish entirely.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The gear shift that Wrexham were going to have to perform in the Championship was always likely to be a marked one.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This is a marked increase compared to the year prior, which saw an estimated 80 injuries.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The prototype machine showed remarkable speed, deploying up to 25,000 feet of fiber in little over an hour, which is around 10 times quicker than the average of 35 feet per minute for traditional tractor conveyance methods.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Unwrap remarkable value in this beautiful collection, which is iconically Vogue.
    Ellie Davis, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For natural gas, the regional changes are more pronounced—while the average is a 1 percent reduction, the South could see a 5 percent reduction while the Midwest could see a 2 percent increase.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • States’ winning ways Authors of The Commonwealth Fund scorecard said that the discrepancies in care across states are less pronounced for Medicare patients than for people getting health coverage in other ways.
    Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Novartis has been proactively striking deals this year to address the impending patent cliff for some of its blockbuster drugs, including Entresto for heart failure, Xolair for asthma and Cosentyx for autoimmune diseases.
    Reuters, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • View gallery - 7 images New York City has gained a striking addition to its iconic skyline.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Kenspeckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenspeckle. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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