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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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Her parents disapproved of her being unmarried and pregnant, and her boyfriend’s strained relationship with his own mother left them with no one to rely on.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the low-income group, women and unmarried retirees had notably poorer mental health.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 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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Schreiner's lawsuit claimed the athlete attempted to participate in the women's 200-meter sprint at the Larry Ellis Invitational as one of the 141 participants unattached to a university or club.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Parts competed unattached for two meets before the school fully reinstated her as a member of the women’s track team on April 11, according to the lawsuit.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
18 Aug. 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
Cite this Entry
“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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