as in fashionable
enjoying widespread favor or approval
a faddish novelist who impressed some critics, at least for a time
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Recent Examples of faddish
And for reasons that will soon be made clear, some of the peptides that make their way into the faddish and often gray-market concoctions have what appear to be Yiddish names.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
What is new, however, is the scale, accessibility, and uptake of faddish pharmaceuticals.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
What is new, however, is the scale, accessibility, and uptake of faddish pharmaceuticals.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faddish
Adjective
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The famous and the fashionable, heads of state, royalty, film stars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Thankfully, Amazon is a gold mine for fashionable warm-weather tops, and several are already on sale ahead of Memorial Day weekend.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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For those patrons who cannot come to the main branch to browse its shelves, the library loads approximately 1,200 of its most popular books, CDs and DVDs onto its bookmobile.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The first and third items in this indictment are indisputable; the second is a complicated and qualified matter; and the last two are libels, still part of popular legend no matter how often disproved by serious biography.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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The tweaks to Smugglers Run follow big changes to Galaxy’s Edge, as Disney recently expanded the land’s timeline to feature classic, fan-favorite characters such as Darth Vader, Han, Luke and Leia.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching).—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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“Faddish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faddish. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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