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Recent Examples of manicured
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Along with manicured topiary that boasts just the right amount of whimsy, the home is part English manor, part country cottage, and entirely perfect.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The film’s early images — lush fairways, orderly golf course rituals, bodies moving through a dewy, manicured world of leisure — project an intoxicating, utopian calm.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Along with manicured topiary that boasts just the right amount of whimsy, the home is part English manor, part country cottage, and entirely perfect.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicured
Adjective
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The beach is regularly groomed, cleaned, and kept clear of encroaching vegetation, resulting in a pristine white-sand beach that’s unmatched anywhere else in the state.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2026
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Even when her glam is subtle, Middleton's deep brown brows always look full and effortlessly groomed.—
Nicole Catanese,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Evergreens, however, are best pruned in the fall.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Barber’s thinning shears pruned the hair near the scalp leaving long strands untouched on the outside hiding their pruning below the surface.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Their fur is so thick and well-groomed that the water droplets don’t get down to their skin.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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Not only do the dogs appear remarkably well-groomed for a bunch of strays, but many of them appear to be wearing collars.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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With her hair cropped into a sleek, chocolate-brown bob with a side-part, Zendaya's look emanated French-girl chic, a pop of red on the lip providing the only real color and a pair of simple diamond hoops offering a rare glimpse of glitz.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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The soft voile cotton button-up top is cropped and features a scoop neckline.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To be honest, even with the public spectacle of a trial now taken off CAA’s plate, most of Musero’s case had been trimmed back in June last year (see below), so a lot of what could have taken place on the record and in public would have been somewhere between embarrassing and performative.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The space agency quickly determined that the 2022 strike trimmed the smaller asteroid’s orbit around its bigger companion.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For Sher, the key is to come in with meticulous preparation that can be thrown out immediately if a better idea comes along.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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The intuitive Moon squares Saturn, pitting your 3rd House of Distractions against your 6th House of Pragmatism, urging specific words, meticulous timing, and sensible boundaries.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Even 20 years ago, film wasn’t as accessible or easily clipped together.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Before the Tank reached the tree’s base, Emerald clipped himself to a plastic rope attached to another tree and pulled himself across to it.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Oil prices pared gains on Thursday after Brent crude briefly touched $100 a barrel, as attacks were reported on three more cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and traders reacted to the IEA's move to release government stockpiles.—
Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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Brent crude, which had soared to almost $120 a barrel at the start of the week, has since pared gains to around $90.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Manicured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manicured. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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