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Recent Examples of shipshape Freshly painted wood exteriors, a red door and white trim give the cottage a shipshape appearance. Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019 Indeed, Helena Bay’s atmosphere is more shipshape than Kiwi-convivial. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019 The homestead is once again shipshape and at present houses a resident cook and cook's family. Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 20 June 2017 Before heading to the Naval Academy, La Jolla senior Dominick Wallace is looking for a shipshape end to his prep swimming career. Glae Thien, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2017 Spend your time tending to possessions and get everything shipshape. Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 3 May 2017 Embrace nautical decor head-on with shipshape accents. House Beautiful, 8 Jan. 2017 Although the decks show signs of weathering and the engine control room still uses early 1980s technology, the vessel appears surprisingly shipshape. Andrew Lawler, National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipshape
Adjective
  • Keep work areas outside of your home as clean and tidy as possible.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Breda, the detective, cited this as a tidy explanation for White’s alleged crime.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This method for choosing a color scheme pairs a soft neutral for the walls, a crisp white for trim, baseboards, and ceilings, and a deeper version of the wall color for doors or window frames.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Ly Varey Lin Faux Shearling Moto Jacket Lavo has been seeing faux fur and shearling everywhere this season — most commonly along the trim, collar, and lining of jackets and accessories.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This versatile set includes multiple cube sizes, plus a dedicated accessories bag, shoe bag, large laundry bag, and a hanging cosmetics case to keep your essentials neat from takeoff to touchdown.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When a prosperous farming family was murdered in their own home in cold blood for no reason at all by two young male ex-cons, the image of a neat, safe, mid-20th century rural American life was shattered.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Shipshape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipshape. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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