Messier

[mes-ee-ey, me-syey]

noun

1. Charles 1730–1817, French astronomer.

Example Sentences

“This is possible without an increase in the main rates of income tax but would involve a messier ‘smorgasbord’ of much smaller measures, including increased levies on individual sectors such as, quite possibly, the gaming sector and the banks,” said Philip Shaw, an economist at Investec.

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Currently, Target fulfills most of its online orders at stores—a tactic that some analysts argue has contributed to in-store inventory shortages, long checkout lines, and messier stores.

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The banks that used AIG FP to insure piles of loans to IBM and GE now came to it to insure much messier piles, which included credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, prime mortgages, aircraft leases, and just about anything else that generated a cash flow.

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“Opening up conversations is going to be super important. It might be a little messier than policymakers want.”

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There are ideas about the nature of happiness and an individual’s right to be discontented, but Gilligan doesn’t seem to be engaging in any targeted social commentary — though as a creative person, I’d guess he’s on the side of a less perfect, messier union.

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