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Noun
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The lessons that endure are about constraint and invention, messiness and coordination, contradiction and persistence—about intervening directly and fearlessly in material reality.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Somehow Taparjan finds a way to reckon with her own messiness with vulnerability and lets go of the blame and shame game that many parents, children and siblings fall into.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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She is rattled by her own sloppiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Blue Devils had some periods of real sloppiness, committing 17 turnovers for the game (five from Boozer).—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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These conspicuous little signs of untidiness take mere seconds to clean up and can be the secret to a home that somehow always looks pristine, even if just at first glance.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This can introduce impurities or harmful microorganisms to the bathroom environment as a result.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Desalination converts seawater into drinkable water by removing salt, minerals and impurities either by heating it up or pushing it through membranes at high pressure.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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After its seemingly benign opening, the movie captures the appalling conditions under which the inmates are kept, with unblinking scenes of bullying, force feeding, strip searches and squalor.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
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Many came from grinding poverty and squalor.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Mussiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mussiness. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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