Example Sentences

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From there, the brain simply continued to develop using this linear mode of thinking, as a kluge rather than a rationally designed machine.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024

Whatever the kluge was, it worked, but it means the Bigfeet’s gait is a little herky-jerky.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2023

“But there’s a fine line between kluge and just doing the best with what you got, and I think that’s what we’re all trying to do.”

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022

Sheepishly, I told him about my toothpick-in-the-hole kluge.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2021

It apparently became confused with U.S. kluge during or after World War II; some Britons from that era use both words in definably different ways, but kluge is now uncommon in Great Britain.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.