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Recent Examples of messy Meanwhile, the bride, who typically lets her medium brown mane fly free, pulled her back into a messy ponytail on Thursday night. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 June 2025 And don’t forget to make your cleanup a breeze with this Eufy robot vacuum that’s $230 off for Prime members — the self-emptying machine uses smart technology to detect messy areas and does the cleaning for you. Nicol Natale, People.com, 27 June 2025 This is ultimately about making sense of messy, real-world data. Steve Taplin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Take it from me, a writer who tests sneakers for a living: The best shoe racks, shelves, and other storage options instantly add order to a chaotic closet or messy mudroom. Sara Coughlin, SELF, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for messy
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Adjective
  • In the chaotic final stretch of the vote-a-rama, GOP leaders zeroed in on Murkowski, working to address her concerns about the bill’s financial effect on Alaska.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • What surprised me the most Despite a chaotic global economy, brand spending reductions and a cautious outlook on growth, the spending and cash was flowing, flowing, flowing.
    David Doty, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Driving Challenges tackle rock gardens, blind drop-offs, and water crossings where sloppy throttle work comes at a cost.
    Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Thus far, the Wind Down delivers with its clean lines, deep cushions, and just-right balance of softness and structure that is far from sloppy—even with her young child is known to practice high dives and a somersaults or two.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The text, translated from French, is presented partly in comics-style word bubbles, and the illustrations of confused, anxious, and increasingly exasperated animals tell a great story in any language.
    Caroline Carlson June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • College admission often feels like a similar face-off between families, leaving them confused, concerned, and conjecturing.
    Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The room was filthy, prescription bottles around the room, one bed with no sheets.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • Photograph: Chris Null As anyone who’s ever stuck a cotton swab in there knows, your ear canal is a filthy, disgusting place.
    Christopher Null, Wired News, 22 June 2025

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“Messy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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