as in to know
to have a clear idea of
it took me a while to twig the true nature of the relationship between the two women
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Recent Examples of twig
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
26 June 2024
Altman, meanwhile, twigged that Microsoft might be the deep-pocketed backer OpenAI needed to achieve its goals.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
20 May 2024
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
But the water gets rough, the times get rougher, and eventually one twig falls in love with a country star and the other makes out with skanks on the sidewalk.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Despite finding themselves in the exact same spot in the hotel gardens, Harris didn’t twig that something was afoot.
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Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
26 June 2024
Altman, meanwhile, twigged that Microsoft might be the deep-pocketed backer OpenAI needed to achieve its goals.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
20 May 2024
Noun
Startled by an explosion—a twig or a stone falling into the water—Gita stepped away from the shore.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
But the water gets rough, the times get rougher, and eventually one twig falls in love with a country star and the other makes out with skanks on the sidewalk.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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For up to a month, Luban remained in a spot off the southern coast of India that is known for high food productivity.
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Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known and can spread easily, especially among unvaccinated or undervaccinated populations.
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Top with more crushed ice, and garnish with a mint sprig.
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Garnish with a fresh sprig of rosemary to catch its fragrance with every sip.
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But the combatants kept grasping and tugging each other off-balance.
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My eyes darted back and forth, trying to grasp the imposing silhouette in its entirety.
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These reports present your income and spending habits with clean, easy-to-understand visualizations.
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Raised in Rio de Janeiro, Burle Marx understood the country’s abundance as both subject and material.
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While many people were surprised to see the warning pop up on their phones, especially those living hundreds of miles from the epicenter, officials say the ShakeAlert system is designed to err on the side of caution.
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She was last seen wearing a black shirt and shorts, police said.
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One of the most exciting uses of AI has to be helping historians and archaeologists decipher previously indecipherable or untranslatable ancient texts.
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As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
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The scale of Musk’s own net worth is now almost impossible to comprehend, such that, on Monday, SpaceX’s stock rallied, and Musk’s one-day gain was more than the net worth of Bill Gates, once the richest person in the world.
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The Maracana descended into silence at full time, as the nation struggled to comprehend what had happened.
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When was Juneteenth recognized in Georgia?
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Some doctors pulled back on prescriptions, recognizing the potential for abuse.
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“Twig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twig. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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