chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenspeckle
Adjective
  • Based on the study’s results, Tucker’s team believes that survivors of severe trauma may see noticeable changes in their biological systems’ baseline levels.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Moment Mom Realizes What 11-Year-Old Daughter Had Been Doing With Scissors By Jack Beresford Senior Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A mom was shocked to discover that her 11-year-old daughter had made some noticeable modifications to her school uniform.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Since launching his campaign in March, Cuomo has taken a commanding lead in the polls and siphoned some of Adams’s old political coalition.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The Big Cat still holds a commanding lead in career earnings at $120,999,166.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even the normally undemonstrative Sarabia was prominent in the post-match as fans and players celebrated a job almost completed.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • John Schwartz has emerged as a prominent voice behind a broader campaign of coordinated economic protests.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Epic Universe, eight years in the making and sprawling across more than 100 acres, represents a dramatic evolution for Universal, and in some ways, the American theme park industry.
    Todd Anderson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Botanical Name: Mimulus x hybridus Sun Exposure: Partial shade Soil Type: Clay, loam, sand Soil pH: Neutral 10 of 11 White Tobacco White tobacco has large, dramatic leaves and showy, fragrant clusters of pendent white flowers that look like a burst of shooting stars.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is a marked difference from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was designed to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • South Koreans aged 18-30 face some of the worst relative poverty rates among OECD countries and the perception among young men is that 18-month compulsory national service puts them at a marked disadvantage to their female peers, who are exempt.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Thank you to all the remarkable health care workers, who take our lives in your hands.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But when the Champions League anthem played, Spurs were separated from their domestic selves and now capable of remarkable feats.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • However, for Black men, the risk is even more pronounced.
    Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But what’s most striking on this new photo is at the top of the phone.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The sunset colors of the house’s terra-cotta facade are as striking and ornate as ever.
    Thao Thai, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Kenspeckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenspeckle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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