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tidied

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verb

past tense of tidy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidied
Adjective
  • But with all of the other roster needs, taking care of the insurance plan at the most important position was a tidy bit of business by the front office.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • And just to put a tidy bow on her freshman awards season, Bueckers became the first freshman to win the Associated Press Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Award—an honor which, as a video of the announcement shows, brought her to tears.
    Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s designed with a deep V-neckline, six-button front, and ribbed trim.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Odenkirk, by contrast, is trim and fit and dressed sharply, with a black-and-red Chicago Cubs cap atop his head.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Hollis brightened the beige-on-beige hallway entrance to her apartment by hanging a wreath of flowers on her brown door.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Hotter and brighter than the sun The OGLE data revealed several objects in the LMC and SMC that brightened by between 10 and 20 times over the course of a few months.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The problem is that these stages rarely unfold in a neat, linear fashion.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • There’s plenty of head room in both rows of seats and a spacious cargo compartment that offers features including a rubber mat, dog-friendly package and a neat underfloor compartment that creates space for a full-size spare — something serious off-roaders demand.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Diamant and Kafka combed the park for it to no avail.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Even better, the researchers at GreenLight Biosciences combed through bioinformatic databases to find just the right gene to disrupt to avoid collateral damage to honeybees and other harmless species.
    Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Tidied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidied. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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