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as in twisting
marked by a long series of irregular curves
a long and winding path through the woods
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as in loop
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as in coiling
to follow a circular or spiral course
flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns
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as in infiltrating
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
self-interest winds itself into everything that he does—even his alleged favors for other people
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Recent Examples of winding
Vipul Ved Prakash, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
However, climate neutrality is a long and winding journey requiring public-private investment in modern infrastructure and cutting-edge technologies.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Matt Bradley, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
The automatic winding movement, which can be seen through the sapphire caseback, has a variable-geometry rotor that can be adjusted to the wearer’s activity level and offers 50 hours of power reserve.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
Samantha Riedel, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Titanium With History The energy required to power the watch’s performance indicator is created by winding the aforementioned crank.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The trajectory from the Alto to the iPhone was a long and winding path.
—Vipul Ved Prakash, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
However, climate neutrality is a long and winding journey requiring public-private investment in modern infrastructure and cutting-edge technologies.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
Until then, this region of hilly olive groves and winding, sea-view roads had been a relative haven, one that felt far away from the war dominating Beirut and the country’s south.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
The automatic winding movement, which can be seen through the sapphire caseback, has a variable-geometry rotor that can be adjusted to the wearer’s activity level and offers 50 hours of power reserve.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
The character took a winding road from being singularly focused on her romance with the Joker to becoming one half of Harlivy.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Titanium With History The energy required to power the watch’s performance indicator is created by winding the aforementioned crank.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for winding
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The spiral toy is designed to rest against your clit, while the internal nub creates a sensation of buzzy fullness.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 3 Nov. 2024
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If there is hair on your head, that hair has at least one whorl in it—a patch of hair that grows out of the scalp in a spiral direction.Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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Seek and Give Feedback Another key aspect of application is the feedback loop.William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The great American film-noir freak show runs on a loop.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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But exposing the ease of infiltrating Y-12, where the government produces and stores atomic-bomb fuel, is Rice’s main objective.Jared Sullivan, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Once content with simply infiltrating Western companies with fake IT workers to siphon off funds and steal intellectual property, North Korean operatives are now resorting to extortion.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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The coils offer full lumbar support and are arranged to cradle your spine but are also stiff around the edge.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
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Hybrid and innerspring mattresses have coils that circulate warm air out of the mattress.Rachael Harris, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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Messi’s two goals – the first, a close-range finish, and the second, a sensational curling free-kick – at the end of the first half helped Inter Miami best the Crew to win the trophy, which is given to the team with the best overall regular season record.Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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But Arsenal would double its lead in the 35th minute when Saka sent a curling free kick into the box.Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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To avoid detection, the Russians planned to disseminate misinformation by inserting comments or replies into authentic message threads; these comments would include links directing users to sites showcasing more elaborate propaganda.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Surgically inserting a shunt (a small tube) into the inner ear can drain fluid to improve hearing and tinnitus symptoms.Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Across eleven offerings, a swirl of photographs mined from the internet and transferred onto wood panels, Norsworthy offers the kind of narratives most movies refuse to consider, let alone imagine.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sounding curiously spectral, the group is an essentially trippy element in the psychedelic swirl.Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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The flower’s strong, curving stem makes the work not so much forceful as definitive.Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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But by using the holographic dictionary to look at the particles from their other perspective, as a gently curving space-time, physicists can calculate the outcome using Einstein’s gravity equations and then translate the answer back to get a sense of how the nuclei would smash together.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Winding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winding. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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