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Recent Examples of wonky
Tree silhouettes turn Seussian as their branches and canopies disappear into wonky green blobs.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Some of them seem tied to wonky footwork.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The mood here isn’t wonky appreciation of practical solutions to the city’s rolling cost-of-living disaster.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
In all his films, Johnson walks a fine line between wonky puzzle-making and telling a story that moves people.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Some of them seem tied to wonky footwork.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The mood here isn’t wonky appreciation of practical solutions to the city’s rolling cost-of-living disaster.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
In all his films, Johnson walks a fine line between wonky puzzle-making and telling a story that moves people.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonky
Adjective
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And this seems a little wobbly.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Market questions Another important factor has been a wobbly stock market this year, Friday’s massive rally notwithstanding.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Even over Zoom, with a shaky internet connection, Mikaela Shiffrin—the winningest alpine skier of all time, male or female—is effervescent.—
Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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Confronted by a shaky office market, a growing number of developers are considering ways to convert their office properties to other uses such as housing projects or data centers.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Lincoln’s Rock has long been one of the Blue Mountains’ quieter sunset spots — a rocky overhang with sweeping views across eucalyptus valleys just outside Sydney.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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To be sure, the year has gotten off to a rocky start for stocks, which remain near highs.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Social media users, meanwhile, could not get enough of the two getting tipsy on-air and giggling through the night.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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Read on to learn why experts say drinking on a plane can spark symptoms beyond feeling tipsy, and make the comedown that much worse.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Is Big Jim going to be anywhere but the tippy top of the b.o.?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
29 Dec. 2025
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Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and slowly raise your heels off the ground, coming up onto your tippy toes.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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No one was better than O’Hara at playing people at the end of their ropes or legends in their own unbalanced minds.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Flat roofs with parapets (side walls), stepped roofs, saw-tooth roofs, and roofs with chimneys and other obstructions on top can collect snow in an unbalanced manner, the agency said.—
Bailey Allen,
The Providence Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Wonky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonky. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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