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verb

past tense of neaten

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neatened
Verb
  • The stairs are lined with a cognac-colored carpet, trimmed in nautical rope.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Hand-Painted Patterns and Metal Detailing Fine china that is hand-painted, features metal detailing, or trimmed with metals like gold or silver is not dishwasher-safe.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • One was a pimp, another an extortionist with ties to Israeli organized crime.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Google's approach is somewhat more organized than Apple's grid.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Over three decades ago, the first hiking days were arranged at Blue Hills Reservation in 1992, a state park in Milton, Mass, as part of an initiative promoting healthy lifestyles.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Transfers can be arranged through the resort.
    Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Her design of O’Toole’s full-length desert robe outfit included gold brocade trim, a long silk shirt (created in London and embroidered with a white silk pattern in Damascus), a fine cream wool keffiyeh with an ivory wool and gilt agal.
    Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
  • There are three trim levels – Design, GS and Ultimate.
    James Morris, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Even the most game-changing of defensive actions look tidy when handled with masterful precision.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Though at times the plot can feel a tad tidy, the sight of a few seams doesn’t take away from this funny and poignant, bittersweet and moving — yet never maudlin — debut.
    Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The show is a display of staged orderly chaos, models walking across a hilly, grassy arena, crossing in and out around the little knolls, never disturbing or interrupting each other’s paths.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2025
  • For over 40 years, the refugee program has had bipartisan support in living up to our nation's humanitarian values, reuniting families, and bolstering our economy within an orderly, efficient, and compassionate legal framework.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • The whole place is well kempt.
    Amanda Walker, al, 15 Aug. 2020
Adjective
  • If that sounds both too simplistic and still inexplicable, much more goes into creating the rare state of mind that somehow is both uncluttered and brimming with peak intensity — and often able to execute the unfathomable.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Just remember to keep it simple and uncluttered. 6.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Neatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neatened. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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