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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
Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
—USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
—USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
—USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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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Being unmarried, not working, having depression and poor health were primary reasons why loneliness varied with age.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Loneliness was more common among women, those living alone, unmarried individuals, and those who reported more pain or had worse cognition scores.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Of all the world’s footloose international students, 15 percent come to the United States, the largest share of any country in the world.—
David G. Victor,
Foreign Affairs,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Ben Affleck, Scott Cooper, David Yates and Josh Boone are among the filmmakers who’ve been attached, and then unattached, to make the film.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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Lack Of Attachment Remote workers often feel unattached due to the lack of face-to-face interaction, spontaneous collaboration and clear visibility into their impact.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Irish officials have begun excavating the grounds of a former home for unwed mothers which authorities say contains the remains of around 800 babies and young children who died there.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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Ted Bundy, the author’s main case study, was born in 1946 to an unwed mother with uncertain paternity and raised in the Skyline neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, as leaded-gas fumes wafted through the streets.—
Sarah Weinman,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2025
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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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