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tidied

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verb

past tense of tidy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidied
Adjective
  • The unconventional choice hints at the director’s disinterest in a tidy search-and-rescue, and the relief that comes with it.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But, Louis Menand writes, Baldwin’s life and message were always less tidy than either version suggests.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Dončić appears on a new cover of Men’s Health magazine, looking trim.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 30 July 2025
  • Several precious feet of space in the restaurant’s trim open kitchen are dedicated to a volcanically hot charcoal grill, to properly impart the smoke and char that give the sweetness of so many dishes a dimensional, toffee-like edge.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • Hollis brightened the beige-on-beige hallway entrance to her apartment by hanging a wreath of flowers on her brown door.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Hotter and brighter than the sun The OGLE data revealed several objects in the LMC and SMC that brightened by between 10 and 20 times over the course of a few months.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The build-up to the chance included neat touches from Bowen and Niclas Fullkrug, and West Ham’s control was greater than the 63 per cent possession statistic suggested.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • But even if that doesn't end up being realistic, this is still a pretty neat bit of physics.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Diamant and Kafka combed the park for it to no avail.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Even better, the researchers at GreenLight Biosciences combed through bioinformatic databases to find just the right gene to disrupt to avoid collateral damage to honeybees and other harmless species.
    Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Tidied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidied. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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