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as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India
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as in enjoying
to take pleasure in
the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown
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Recent Examples of fancying
And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancying
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Follow the trails that wind through the gardens and orchard, then sit by the Boathouse Lake, taking in views of the house, and imagining the lives of those who once called it home.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
2 June 2026
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Their dive into the intersection of science and storytelling ranged from imagining alien worlds to visualizing the future of humanity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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The following summer, Shakira shared more pictures of her sons enjoying the water at Wavegarden surf park in Sao Paulo, Brazil.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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While many fans may be venturing inside the Atlanta Stadium (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) to catch a match, others who couldn't or didn't want to buy match tickets will be enjoying the global tournament from various fan fests or events.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Both teams are looking for a healthy seven-game series, but the Knicks seeing their best scorer heading off the court early isn't the way the Eastern Conference champions wanted to kick off their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1999 against these same Spurs.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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What stayed with me most was seeing how much children respond to even the smallest acts of kindness.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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They are born, sometimes, just from not liking each other.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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One man’s modernity is, of course, another’s degradation, and, as dinner was served, the conversation turned to such recent innovations as ghost runners, pitch clocks, and robot umps, none of them to Murray’s liking.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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In fact, Hilton is envisioning vetoes putting lawmakers on record; the last time a session in Sacramento overrode a veto was in 1979.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 May 2026
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Most entrepreneurs don’t launch a business envisioning how to step away from it.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Venus and Jupiter align in nurturing Cancer on June 9, one of the sweeter transits of the year, bringing a collective focus on joy, intimacy, and the small moments worth savoring.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 May 2026
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But for now, Koeninger is savoring the final moments of his baseball career at Keller High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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Spaeny and Melton were cast as Ashley and Austin, a Gen-Z couple working at a Montecito country club, dreaming and scheming toward upward mobility, a good 18 months before filming began in early 2025.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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As a little girl in Texas, Terry Chisholm grew up dreaming of horses.—
Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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For beer-loving fathers, few experiences combine story, heritage and hospitality quite like a journey to Ireland.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Joining him are Art and Judy Daniels (Clarke Peters and Woodard), a pair of fun-loving septuagenarians with a knack for dropping everything and smoking a joint.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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“Fancying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancying. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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