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Recent Examples of neatly
This little case keeps rings, necklaces, and earrings neatly tucked away, so nothing gets tangled—or worse, left behind.
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Kayla Kitts, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the glossy subject matter, Winocour neatly sidesteps clichés, instead searching for quiet moments that give the story emotional resonance.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Why These Distinctions Matter Most exceptional CFOs don’t fit neatly into single archetypes.
—Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shopping carts are neatly arranged near the store’s side entrance.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Best Pottery Barn Outlet Kitchen Deals Switch up your kitchen’s style with Pottery Barn’s deals on serveware, like mini bowls, salad plates, and stackable glassware that fits neatly into your cabinets.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
This latest Venice premiere is definitely a work of fragments, isolated scenes that amount to a fly-on-the-wall view of Lucius but are not meant to create a traditional narrative, or for the pieces to fit together as neatly as a jigsaw puzzle.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Worse, the two are making nearly the same amount of money annually, only Schwarber would have neatly fit the Red Sox’s timeline while Yoshida remains under contract for another two years.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Westman doesn't fit neatly into alt-right or alt-left ideological movements, but trailing the incident are clear patterns and trends.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Kayla Kitts, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the glossy subject matter, Winocour neatly sidesteps clichés, instead searching for quiet moments that give the story emotional resonance.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Why These Distinctions Matter Most exceptional CFOs don’t fit neatly into single archetypes.
—Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shopping carts are neatly arranged near the store’s side entrance.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Best Pottery Barn Outlet Kitchen Deals Switch up your kitchen’s style with Pottery Barn’s deals on serveware, like mini bowls, salad plates, and stackable glassware that fits neatly into your cabinets.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
This latest Venice premiere is definitely a work of fragments, isolated scenes that amount to a fly-on-the-wall view of Lucius but are not meant to create a traditional narrative, or for the pieces to fit together as neatly as a jigsaw puzzle.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Worse, the two are making nearly the same amount of money annually, only Schwarber would have neatly fit the Red Sox’s timeline while Yoshida remains under contract for another two years.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Westman doesn't fit neatly into alt-right or alt-left ideological movements, but trailing the incident are clear patterns and trends.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neatly
Adverb
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The women, tidily dressed with cropped, graying hair, approached the armed officers conducting baggage checks in Argentina’s international airport.—
Haley Cohen Gilliland,
Air Mail,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Red Sox smartly signed him to an eight-year, $130 million extension through 2033 with a club option for 2034.—
Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Conjuring ends by teasing the Warrens’ most famous case, the Amityville Horror, but The Conjuring 2 smartly doesn’t focus on that.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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This allowed the craft to maintain control and stability even when sharply tilted against the current.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of the villa is a striking staircase that unfurls through all three levels, elegantly illuminated by custom light fixtures suspended from the triple-height ceiling.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Sep. 2025
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Villa Magna instagram Not surprisingly, the bedrooms at the Villa Magna, like the hotel’s common spaces, are tastefully and elegantly decorated – luxurious, but in an understated way.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Neatly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neatly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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