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as in fashionable
being in the latest or current fashion
if what's in the stores is any indication, shorter skirts are trendy again this year
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as in downtown
keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment
trendy foodies always looking for the hottest chefs and the coolest restaurants
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Recent Examples of trendy
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
For young, trendy and able-bodied Parisians, benefits include new walking and cycling by the Seine, where previously cars once reigned.
—Lisa Courbebaisse, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
What are your favorite trendy, niche subgenres?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Another referenced Santa Muerte, the currently trendy Mexican saint of death often depicted as a skeleton wearing a hooded garment.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
For young, trendy and able-bodied Parisians, benefits include new walking and cycling by the Seine, where previously cars once reigned.
—Lisa Courbebaisse, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
While Chopra Jonas tapped hairstylist Irinel de León to craft her bombshell blowout for the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards in January, the on-screen star worked with Bridget Brager on her trendy, rock star hair for the Tuesday premiere.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
What are your favorite trendy, niche subgenres?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trendy
Adjective
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Set the scene Copenhagen Fashion Week may only occur twice a year, but staying at the Bella Grande recreates the city’s most fashionable event on the daily.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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The final space in the show considers Gnoli’s preoccupation with clothing, in part a product of his costume-design background and exposure to his first wife’s fashionable friends.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What space the library does have is overwhelmingly downtown.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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Shawn Gao, manager of the downtown Chinese restaurant Magnolia's agreed.—
Samantha Chaney,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tad’s subjects were the moderns.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Best Midcentury Clock Unexpected red theory meets midcentury-modern in this petite tabletop clock from Seiko.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Restaurant by day, stylish club by night.—
Zacharia Washington,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The technical goals don’t interfere with the home’s stylish design, though.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
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But a vampire-centric film — up against a dramedy/thriller — was perhaps a bridge too far for even a hipper Academy.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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For years, Lululemon practically had the high-end yoga piece of the athleisure category to itself, but more recently newer, hipper rivals have pounced.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Getting dissed by the alt-weekly of record could be a hipster’s nightmare.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2026
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What if Poe had been reincarnated as an African American gothic hipster?—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For his debut, Bellotti laid a chic foundation—reworking the house’s signature double-faced coats in ultra-fine leather and introducing tailoring accented with sleek, unexpected cutouts at the hip.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
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The result is a chic outfit that’s modern and sophisticated.—
Clare Holden,
Glamour,
23 Mar. 2026
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But when talking to the now mom of two, there’s a different version of her that emerges.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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At the time, he was being held in Salt Lake County Metro Jail following a November arrest for violating a pretrial protective order against his now ex-wife, Alexiana Smokoff.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Trendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trendy. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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