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as in curious
interested in what is not one's own business
she feels that being snoopy is a desirable, even essential, trait in a reporter
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as in busy
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
put a fence around the yard to keep out snoopy neighbors
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Recent Examples of snoopy
Helen, who has two moms, and Grace, who loves her snoopy little sister, approach things in different ways.
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
One thing leads to the next, which is to say the unlikely duo wind up with a dead body on their hands and a snoopy neighbor (Judith Light) to ward off.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
That means your web searches and browser history could give away the Christmas surprise should your snoopy relatives sneak a peak at your laptop or a joint Amazon Prime account.
—Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
There are perfectly innocent reasons for this, like snoopy roommates or kids who always pick up your phone.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
One thing leads to the next, which is to say the unlikely duo wind up with a dead body on their hands and a snoopy neighbor (Judith Light) to ward off.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
That means your web searches and browser history could give away the Christmas surprise should your snoopy relatives sneak a peak at your laptop or a joint Amazon Prime account.
—Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
There are perfectly innocent reasons for this, like snoopy roommates or kids who always pick up your phone.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoopy
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Dive Into Local Experiences With Curiosity Keep a curious mind—approach each culture as a new story to uncover.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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For all of Elon Musk’s ventures—the cars, the rockets, the tunnels, the brain-machine interfaces, the satellite Internet services, the federal government departments with funny names—a private preschool might be the most curious.BYAndrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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The busy news cycle will quickly move on from Insurance-Fraud Bear, and soon this whole ordeal will fade from our collective memory, much like the many silly bear stories of yesteryear.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Instead of visiting the range on a noisy, busy Saturday, go after work or to a private range.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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Still, Riklis fashions a number of memorable and intimate sequences between Nafisi and her female students, when Nafisi quits her job at the university and decides to teach literature in secret to a group of inquisitive women.Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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John Eatwell, a veteran British economist who was then a first-year faculty member at Cambridge, recalled that Harris was inquisitive, technically adept, and up to date on the latest literature on both sides of the Atlantic.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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But while Agatha herself has graduated from nosy neighbor to main character, Hahn still carries the part with brisk ease.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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Most recently, Rossellini appears as a nosy nun in Edward Berger’s buzzy awards favorite Conclave.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
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But there is one item on her bucket list that has been annoying elusive.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
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But more recently there have been other issues, such as one that is highly annoying: vanishing data in the Apple Notes app.David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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There’s something officious about Alden Ehrenreich.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
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Her charming luxury treasure trove has none of that officious chilliness that defines the typical store of its ilk but instead feels like a brocanterie crammed with interesting, unexpected luxury goods from across the world.Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2023
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People with higher risk scores can then be subject to what welfare recipients across the bloc have described as stressful and intrusive investigations, which can also involve their welfare payments being suspended.Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
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For Sullivan, the intrusive thoughts only picked up steam with age.Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Snoopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoopy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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