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intricacy

[in-tri-kuh-see] / ˈɪn trɪ kə si /
NOUN
complication
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STRONG


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The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The intricacy with which Whitehead details the planning and execution of this caper marks him as a top-tier researcher — he’s drawn on many primary sources to ground this work of fiction in historical fact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Julianne Moore, on the other hand, brings a less polished intricacy to her roles.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

I was mesmerized by the intricacy of the procedure and didn't realize how long I had been neglecting my work.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

"This work opens a new direction to explore further the intricacies of the connection between the supermassive black holes trillions of miles from where we are to how we came to be here."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

"But a blanket hard-and-fast rule isn't helpful, because it doesn't really allow for the intricacies and the individualisation of what's really going on."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

When “Transamerica” premiered, the average American didn’t spend much time thinking about bathroom gender markers, much less trying to understand the intricacies of the trans experience.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Neither has enough consistent technical control to shape the part without occasional lapses, but each revealed a stirring presence that made Siegfried vivid while executing the choreography’s intricacies with musical and dynamic resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Apparently, having Tiny Cooper as your best-and-only friend does not leave you well-prepared for the intricacies of male socialization.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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