fanciness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanciness
Noun
  • Luxury, then, becomes less about opulence and more about intentionality.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • And the opulence doesn’t stop there: Keep an eye out for handblown glass lamps and Ginori vases from the 1930s, and take a moment to appreciate the colorful Brocatelle, red jasper, and Carrara marbles that line the surfaces of each of the hotel’s 110 rooms and suites.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Jerome Powell defended the Federal Reserve’s D.C. headquarters renovations in a detailed response to White House budget director Russ Vought, rejecting claims of extravagance and reaffirming that all work follows historic preservation and accessibility standards.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
  • Yet now White House officials and other critics of the project are pointing to the marble as a sign of extravagance.
    Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • The warmth of your home will prompt the blossoms to open to their full magnificence.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • Sometimes humorously, sometimes dramatically, the winning photos of The Nature Photography competition are a stunning visual journey through the beauty, magnificence and fragility of our planet.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their handbags would be architectural in shape, sleek and spare of overwrought ornamentation.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2025
  • The Raw Edition from Copenhagen Distillery is a clear statement of intent, avoiding ornamentation and putting instead process and material at the forefront.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • And who could forget the Trader Joe’s mini canvas tote TikTok craze that had shoppers swiping the supermarket’s stock to later DIY with ribbons, embroidery, and Jane Birkin-esque adornments?
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
  • This piece includes a lot of adornments and beautiful items, Yang places the gold finger at the bottom of the work to literally ‘point out’ the danger of placing value on the wrong things, this is King Midas’s finger - who famously was confronted with the dangerous reality of his desires.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • And don’t underestimate the power of beauty—not as decoration, but as revelation.
    Matthew Clark Davison, Literary Hub, 18 July 2025
  • Consequently, there’s a race against the clock to finish the floats and decorations before time runs out.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the Elysian Bar did them one better, augmenting the oysters’ natural luxuriance with thin slices of kumquat and a measured gush of chile-spiked citrus.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • Daniels offers men's cuts in addition to beard trimming.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Microsoft’s current cuts were preceded by the trimming of 6,000 employees in May.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 July 2025
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“Fanciness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanciness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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