as in understood
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 twigged
True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
Born into a highly artistic family in San Juan, and painting and drawing since pre-school, del Valle first twigged to power of movement at age 11, when her parents took her to see French mime artist Marcel Marceau.
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Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
Born into a highly artistic family in San Juan, and painting and drawing since pre-school, del Valle first twigged to power of movement at age 11, when her parents took her to see French mime artist Marcel Marceau.
—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twigged
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Many of us have long understood that putting your country’s main creative engine inside a techno-dominant machine was probably never going to end well for creativity.
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For reasons that aren't yet fully understood, the results sometimes differ from previous events.
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Dominion sued the businessman in 2021, alleging that Lindell knew there was no evidence to support his election conspiracy theories, but used the lies to sell pillows.
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Their agents also knew this and assuredly would have shared that risk assessment with their clients (especially for Veesaar and Evans, both of whom are repped by The Team — formerly Wasserman — an agency that sent multiple potential first-round picks back to school this draft cycle).
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Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.
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The signature was deciphered with the help of AI, and specialists at auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm that Cadell was the artist.
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Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.
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The tick should be grasped as close to the skin's surface as possible and pulled upward with steady, even pressure.
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The correct response cannot be grasped, only meditated upon in the way of a koan used to train Zen Buddhist monks and force them into enlightenment.
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In 1908 a significant court ruling determined that only those born to Parsi fathers are recognized by the state as Parsi, laying the groundwork for more than a century of exclusion.
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After a few minutes of ritual, a group of three men shed their long black robes to reveal flowing gowns and began their sema, or ceremony, a ritual that has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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The company expects a little more of an impact in its Q2, but Cook said it’s fully comprehended in the above Street outlook of 48% to 49%.
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Yet Wall Street hasn’t appreciated that for quite a long time.
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Since then, Roberts, who will also manage the NL All-Star team, has appreciated how diligent Pages has remained in his routine.
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“Twigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twigged. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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