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Recent Examples of peaky The Fenomeno’s widened and lengthened body—when compared to the Revuelto—has been designed in a very graphical way, with fewer lines, broad shoulders and surfaces, a long tail, and a peaky front. Brett Berk, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2025 The curveball in all this is Verstappen, whose Red Bull future has become a significant talking point once again amid the team’s difficulties with a peaky car that will surely test his championship defense. Luke Smith, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 In reality, though, because the TCL’s tone mapping is not as effective as that of the Samsung TV, the TCL’s brightness can cause clipping and leave the image looking ‘peaky’ and unbalanced. John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 Local surf guides will take wave riders to fun, peaky beach breaks or barreling reefs. Noah Lederman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024 The powerband was peaky, with the turbos coming alive above 2500 rpm, accompanied by a distinct whistle. Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaky
Adjective
  • The Star began writing about the concerns at Warren Hills in March, detailing how for years that teachers, staff and parents have been worried that something at the school may be making teachers and staff sick.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Although Hahne's daughter lived close enough to remain at home, Hahne made connections with families staying in the Ronald McDonald House while their sick children received care from Children's Hospital.
    Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This involves having a poorly or non-functioning colon and is not usually reversible.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.
    Maggie Astor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • FarmVille wasn’t bad, but something was missing.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The asteroid impact triggered one of the planet's worst mass-extinction events, wiping out all dinosaurs but birds.
    DINO GRANDONI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Her history underscores the need for state law and how the criminal justice system interacts with those mentally ill to be reviewed, advocates told the Journal Sentinel.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Guests report nurses walking through the halls pushing wheelchairs, dark figures, cold spots, smells like cherry tobacco without a source, flickering lights and visitors feeling ill in certain areas of the hotel such as the old hospital wings and the morgue (now the site of the spa).
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Snag it with a down or polyester fill, which is suitable for those with allergies.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Coming off a down season, Scherzer could find some more success after getting into the Brewers organization.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Peaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaky. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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