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Recent Examples of devil-may-care On Wednesday, at the Tom Ford catwalk, it was scraped back and waxed into a devil-may-care quiff style and worn with a pair of wayfarer-esque sunglasses also by the house. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Deadline can reveal a first clip of of the film in which Gloria is first introduced to Saxberger, who is immediately hooked but will come to learn that her flamboyant appearance and devil-may-care front hides a darker side and reality. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 We’re now obsessed with pirate boots: pretty much any pair with the right alchemy of slouch, weathering, metal accents, and/or devil-may-care attitude. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025 His sound, his look and his devil-may-care attitude helped forge an enduring template for heavy metal. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025 Once more, Andrea Hall originated the role of Marlena's free-wheeling, trash-talking, devil-may-care look-alike Hattie. Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 21 July 2025 On him, loving those summery black socks pulled up just right to mid-calf, devil-may-care Harvard-dropout-style. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025 Sonny Hayes, played with a devil-may-care attitude by Pitt, lives to drive. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 What makes Dazed and Confused so pleasurable is its adherence to a devil-may-care freedom just inside the bounds of believability. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devil-may-care
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the rest of his look was rather, well, nonchalant.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Despite its hefty price tag, Chalamet styled the piece in a nonchalant way, pairing it with a leather jacket, sweatpants, and a cool pair of tan sneakers.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • A day after the state Legislature approved a bill intended to help Milwaukee crack down on reckless drivers, local officials met at the city's towing lot to send a message.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s reckless tariffs are needlessly spiking inflation and driving up prices on everything from groceries to housing to utilities.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But San Jose continued to play loose, carefree hockey, and allowed three unanswered goals for their second straight heartbreaking loss.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The second-year quarterback was 11 of 12 for 96 yards and a touchdown after one frame, playing with the carefree confidence of a man coming off a signature win.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nylons are a must with all but the most casual outfits.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Find it at a casual affair or on the elegant Thanksgiving buffet.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nixon has built a reputation on social media for being a daredevil pilot with clips on his Instagram often showing him performing stunts in helicopters, including low-level sprints, sharp turns and risky maneuvers while in the air.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The first season followed 17-year-old Ethan (Cantona James) seeking a way out of the Southside’s bloody cycle of gang violence through spinning, a South African extreme motorsport that features drivers performing daredevil stunts.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The opt-out process escalates the company’s cavalier approach to intellectual property rights, potentially setting up a legal battle between Hollywood’s biggest studios and the AI start-up.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, some developers have gotten cavalier with what constitutes a remake — with Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us series being a prime example.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Other mail services should be largely unaffected.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That leaves Wednesday’s release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting as the main economic report to watch in the coming week as the central bank is self-funded and unaffected by the shutdown.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The show runs a daring 90 minutes with no intermission and aims to excite audiences throughout.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As time went on, Gatlin became more daring.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Devil-may-care.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devil-may-care. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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