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  • noun Plural form of intricacy.

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Examples

  • To watch this megamovie as it should be watched, as a 26-hour (and counting) cycle, and to read McLean’s dissection of its intricacies, is to grasp Mad Men’s triumph: its emotional intelligence — evident not only in its writing and acting but in its exquisite direction, lighting, and photography — overwhelms its mushy ideology and whatever Important Points it wants to make.

    Mad About Mad Men 2009

  • To watch this megamovie as it should be watched, as a 26-hour (and counting) cycle, and to read McLean’s dissection of its intricacies, is to grasp Mad Men’s triumph: its emotional intelligence — evident not only in its writing and acting but in its exquisite direction, lighting, and photography — overwhelms its mushy ideology and whatever Important Points it wants to make.

    Mad About Mad Men 2009

  • To watch this megamovie as it should be watched, as a 26-hour (and counting) cycle, and to read McLean’s dissection of its intricacies, is to grasp Mad Men’s triumph: its emotional intelligence — evident not only in its writing and acting but in its exquisite direction, lighting, and photography — overwhelms its mushy ideology and whatever Important Points it wants to make.

    Mad About Mad Men 2009

  • The fat pillowy, synth-buzz and shadowy overdub intricacies of 1981's 'Ghost In The Machine' - a bold, necessary escape from the slowly asphyxiating limitations of the clipped pop-and-reggae snap of their first three albums - have been sharply reduced to a new radical geometry of melody and rhythm that refers back to but does not rely on that original sound.

    Synchronicity 1983

  • "Not knowing the intricacies is a huge part of why so few coaches use it," Paxson said.

    SI.com 2011

  • The autumn issue of the brokerage's quarterly client magazine will include a write-up to help explain the "intricacies" of trading these ETFs, she said.

    Warning Signs Up For Leveraged ETFs 2009

  • PHILLIPS: What about handling tax, you know, taxes and all the things that we have to deal with on a regular basis, you don't think about when you go on vacation or go overseas, all those little kind of intricacies, bills and -- you know, is that ...

    CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2002 2002

  • As such, I don't mind if grade cricket sticks to the more traditional rules and ignores advents such as the PP, the sport at that level isn't about TV audiences and captivating matches, its about cricket and the newer "intricacies" are aimed at the highest level and should stay that way.

    The Roar - Your Sports Opinion 2009

  • Us women tent to share all these kind of intricacies with one another since childhood.

    Muti 2009

  • The survey by Max Bupa Health Insurance and research firm TNS reveals that majority of participants believed that making a claim is more difficult than it should be, with many of them experiencing 'intricacies' while making a claim.

    SiliconIndia.com 2009

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