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Recent Examples of fancy-free
Savoring that freshly churned treat is my last-ditch effort to make the footloose and fancy-free feelings of our salty, sandy beach vacation linger just a little longer.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Read the full Taurus Daily Horoscope Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
—USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Read the full Taurus Daily Horoscope Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
—USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy-free
Adjective
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Keaton had a pretty strong stance on staying unmarried, stemming from a moment in her childhood.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The city’s ethics code prohibits conflicts of interest among certain parties, but does not address romantic relationships among unmarried couples.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This attempt to revisit the type of fanciful, footloose and fancy-twee storytelling that helped characterize that cultural moment is a big swing, and an even bigger miss.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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But sis, this vacation is your time to let go of all those titles and lean into being footloose and carefree.—
Brittany Vickers,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Now Danny Rohl — unattached after quitting Sheffield Wednesday — has dropped out of contention too.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pheelz has a way of using unattached vocals to enhance his baseline production that provides additional melody — even to someone like Fireboy who seems to ooze ear worm vocal hooks.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The line was a reference to Bristol, who at the time was an unwed mother.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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His birth mom was an unwed teenager in New York City during World War II who had to give him up for adoption.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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