as in to trim
to make neat
neatened the living room in anticipation of company
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Recent Examples of neaten
Deadheading can not only neaten your garden, but also encourage a new round of blooms.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Several people milled around, neatening the area, touching up Cage’s makeup.
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Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
To neaten up the drawer, use clear or white plastic magazine or file holders nestled side by side to hold boxes and packages of frozen foods.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
Fringes usually require neatening up every two to three weeks, and helpfully, many hairdressers offer free fringe trims in between salon visits.
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Jacqueline Kilikita,
refinery29.com,
31 May 2024
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Several people milled around, neatening the area, touching up Cage’s makeup.
—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
To neaten up the drawer, use clear or white plastic magazine or file holders nestled side by side to hold boxes and packages of frozen foods.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
Fringes usually require neatening up every two to three weeks, and helpfully, many hairdressers offer free fringe trims in between salon visits.
—
Jacqueline Kilikita,
refinery29.com,
31 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neaten
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Miller’s exact dress from Debute London, which features a bustier top, lace trim, and a short hemline, is a great example of the details that turn the trend more contemporary, while still nodding to its nostalgic, charming nature.
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Mow regularly and trim your edges, since ticks lurk in tall grass and brush.
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Their fix is to let the same model that does the reasoning also curate the knowledge, stored as human-readable notes and organized hierarchically with provenance and a lifecycle so stale plays decay rather than calcify.
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Where previous generations of artists organized themselves into schools, collectives, and cooperatives, their future counterparts will work alone or, if together, then polyphonously, their different voices kept distinctly identifiable, like family members at a Thanksgiving dinner discussion.
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The floorplan is arranged with a clear separation between the living areas and private sleeping quarters of the home.
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Bunting arranged this way is appropriate for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of a platform or general decoration.
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“Neaten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neaten. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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