neat
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None of this plays to the strengths of fine cognac and whiskey, which is traditionally served neat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“It was really neat to see it unfold because he sent an initial list and we were like, ‘Wow, this is great,’ ” LeMaire says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Our experiment provides a very neat way to study these multiple phases."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Downstairs, men sort plastics, cardboard, paper, metals and glass into neat piles destined for workshops and factories.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mosley’s DVDs were shelved alphabetically in neat rows on his entertainment center.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
It’s neater and easier that way because intersectionality is messy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
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
The lobby was neater than Ralph remembered it.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Instead it was decided one big announcement would be the neatest option.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Perhaps Honeck’s neatest trick was his ability to conjure lightness and amplitude at the same time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
“Clark Griffith is about to pull the century’s neatest trick in salesmanship,” Povich wrote shortly before the contract was announced.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
The union drive was far from the neatest thing to roll off Chipotle’s famous burrito assembly line.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
The neatest thing in the whole room is a locked suitcase.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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