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messy

[mes-ee] / ˈmɛs i /


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At home, however, poaching islands of meringue has always felt like too much messy work.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the world of color names was far messier than any scientific grid.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We are in that messy time of how we’re going to figure it all out,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

When he was cooking, he was also creating illustrated recipes to bring into the kitchen so that he wouldn’t get his expensive cookbooks messy.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the expansive photo archives of his living room to a midnight shoot in the industrial heart of Chinatown, Reynaldo Rivera reveals the ghosts of Old Hollywood and the messy humanity captured in his lens.

From Los Angeles Times