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It is historically a time for closing arguments, when politicians deliver their final pitches to voters in neat, disciplined packages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But Georgia Stanway, this year's top scorer for England, once again turned up when they needed her to and she opened the scoring after a neat, incisive passing move, in a frustrating first half.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

From the start, one of Walmart’s primary automation goals has been building a neat, tightly wrapped pallet in the exact order that it needs to be unloaded at stores, which would save on labor costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Coroners are in the business of endings, putting a neat period on decades of damage with phrases like “cardiac arrest.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Until now Penelope had assumed this was merely a neat turn of phrase that authors used to show that someone was well and truly panicked.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

As I thinned out the garage shelves—recycling old paint, giving away a box of used electric outlets, listing plumbing supplies on Craigslist’s “free stuff” section—the shelves grew neater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Roger Rose, from Burton Latimer, where Kettering's ground is, is repairing a previous "chicken wire" fence with neater plastic mesh.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024

Using résumés always has kept the decision-making process neater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

He was dressed in a suit and tie, with his once signature curly, unkempt hair cut into a neater trim.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

It’s a lot neater than his beds used to be, and a great deal cleaner.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Instead it was decided one big announcement would be the neatest option.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The union drive was far from the neatest thing to roll off Chipotle’s famous burrito assembly line.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022

Even the neatest gray flannel shift had a hunk of hairy shearling flapping down one leg.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

And, here’s the neatest narrative trick of all: As Christie characteristically did, de Gramont hides the solution to the mystery of “The Christie Affair” in plain sight.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022

I’ve been sitting with him for two weeks now, and let’s just say he’s not the neatest eater in the world.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio