as in obsessive
extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise
I've always been anal about arranging my books alphabetically by author.
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Recent Examples of anal
Lorain police obtained two warrants to force doctors to search a suspect’s anal cavity.
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Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Hartman acts as Gene, who is... well, anal retentive.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who enjoys anal stimulation or is interested in experimenting with anal play
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—Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
These include cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancer in women, and throat and anal cancer in both women and men.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Hartman acts as Gene, who is... well, anal retentive.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who enjoys anal stimulation or is interested in experimenting with anal play
1.
—Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
These include cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancer in women, and throat and anal cancer in both women and men.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anal
Adjective
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This show should finally set the record straight: here is an American visionary whose obsessive paintings are at once stylized and crudely instinctive, achieving a kind of cryptic simplicity that might be called folk surrealism.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But with their runaway success came the same sort of obsessive fan culture that once surrounded bands like the Beatles, including an overinvestment in their personal lives and relationships.—
James Factora,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Paul has been adamant that the tariffs won’t help the U.S. His frustration with the tariffs came as seven GOP senators signed on to a bipartisan bill that sought to have Congressional oversight over the president’s tariffs.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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The 12-time Emmy award-winner was also adamant about sharing her cancer journey with her audience—hoping that her experience might offer support and guidance to others facing similar challenges.—
Joanne Fowler,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Some venues, such as London's fabric, encourage a phone-free environment through guidance rather than strict enforcement.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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First, monitor how Asian hubs respond to the surprising success of Singapore’s stricter regime - will Hong Kong double down on flexibility or pivot toward stability?—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Anal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anal. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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