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also curlycue
as in coil
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Recent Examples of curlicue
Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2024
But those were lost in Biden’s curlicue responses and halting verbal shuffle.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
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Noun
There is a small gym, along with a pool (with curlicue handrails and an invigorating counter-current) that guests can book by the hour for complete privacy.
—Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2024
But those were lost in Biden’s curlicue responses and halting verbal shuffle.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Verb
Outside, winding paths through gardens and woods lead to site-specific installations, like Eleven Minute Line, a land-art piece by Maya Lin that curlicues through a field of cows.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicue
Noun
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Pinball machines rely on small coils of wound copper wire, electromagnets that eject a plunger that pushes or pulls a mechanism to send the silver ball flying in a new direction.Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Prevent the coils from coming apart in storage by securing them with a ribbon or oversized twist tie.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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His obliviousness feels isolating right now, so loop him in.R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Some are flat like cleaning rags and others are corded and looped like a regular mop.Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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Google Images shows a young man with a head of enviable black curls (unlike the head of fifty-one-year-old Thadeus Wong).Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The chainmail dress was paired with Lorraine Schwartz jewels, while the star’s brunette hair was styled in loose curls.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When the jumper is falling, games can swiftly spiral into blowouts.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the last 70 years, though, Brooklyn has spiraled toward extinction.Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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As Denver faces a High Wind Warning and a winter storm swirls in northwestern Colorado, metro temperatures are forecast to fall to 17 degrees overnight Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
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Smoky, spicy swirls of raspberry preserve, leather, and sweet tobacco meld into a profoundly ripe yet lively and fresh palate, struck by layers of dusty graphite, ore, and iodine.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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For a relatively short time, its path will curve just far enough north to give those north of the equator a fighting chance to glimpse it.Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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An entry foyer displaying a curving staircase introduces the house, with a wide set of steps emptying out at a vestibule that flows to an elegant living room spotlighted by a walk-in bay window and French doors spilling outside.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
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From there, the Bills focused more on a four-man rush, but with a twist.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Miley Cyrus , during her final stage as Hannah Montana, gave a twist to the character - and to her own look - by adding more hair to her bangs, giving them a fuller, heavier appearance.Michel Mejía, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2025
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The movie also circles around themes of loss, betrayal, unrequited love, and loneliness — but it can easily be missed among the profuse amount of tinsel and blinking Christmas lights.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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Outside, a helicopter that appeared to be watching the gathering below circled overhead, drowning out conversations.Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Curlicue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicue. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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