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Recent Examples of wonky
The motion that passed Tuesday involved a wonky policy change that, on its face, had little to do with the looming ballot measure.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Sidney Powell-Rudy Giuliani playbook is totally discredited now, but Trump will always find more wonky lawyers to deploy.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
But in a neck-and-neck presidential race, wonky pitches like these could make the difference.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
In practice, these features are a bit wonky and inelegant.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Sidney Powell-Rudy Giuliani playbook is totally discredited now, but Trump will always find more wonky lawyers to deploy.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
But in a neck-and-neck presidential race, wonky pitches like these could make the difference.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
In practice, these features are a bit wonky and inelegant.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonky
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All of this leaves the already shaky government of Ishiba facing some very difficult choices.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite its popularity, the law was on shaky legal ground, and a judge placed a restraining order on it almost immediately.Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The place feels a lot like a happy, tipsy, rainbow-America tourist trap.Brock Colyar, Curbed, 20 June 2024
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Aslin Summer Games at Aslin Beer Company The same weekend the Olympics kick off in Paris, teams of tipsy contestants in Washington can compete for something even better than the gold: Aslin gift cards, trophies and bragging rights.Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Tax-loss harvesting – that is, pruning losing positions in taxable accounts and using them to offset capital gains in other areas of the portfolio – could also be a smart move for investors seeking a silver lining in rocky times, said Queck.Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Puddy and Elaine had an infamously rocky relationship filled with breakups and reunions, sometimes occurring within a few minutes.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The wall was just low enough to allow Betts to stand on his tippy toes as Capobianco held Betts’ left arm up and over the wall; and Peters – by virtue of dumb luck – did not injure Betts’ right hand, wrist, or arm.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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At the tippy top of Sheridan Road, Lake Bluff is like a small, charming town on the East Coast.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
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Brandeis, which has been faced with an unbalanced budget for several years, has seen its total enrollment slide approximately 9% in the past five years.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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But toward whom Pachinko extends that commiseration this season makes the whole thing feel a little unbalanced, too.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Wonky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonky. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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