fandom

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Recent Examples of fandom The company is also preparing to begin production on its long-gestating baseball project Super Fan, which tells the story of a Korean follower of the Kansas City Royals who became a minor celebrity over his passionate fandom. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026 For a fandom deeply invested in these characters and their storylines, that’s a long gap. Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026 Fischbach had the benefit of an unusually active fandom—one that had been getting steady updates on this particular project for years—and of working within a genre optimized for such an outsized hit. Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026 Brown has been public about his lifelong fandom of the Patriots in interviews and on social media. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fandom
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Noun
  • In the hoopla of Koy breaking his own audience record at the venue, Iglesias crashed the show, presented his friend with a plaque and laid down the gauntlet in front of 17,500 fans.
    Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This year’s Slamdance festival is also a testament to the power of the grassroots film community; the festival’s audience grew by 10% from the year before, selling over 12,000 tickets and recording a six-figure net in box office receipts.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The 53-year-old Japanese designer, who founded cult label Number (N)ine in 1997, is relaunching the brand 15 years after stepping away from it.
    Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The sword-and-sorcery title grossed over $68M worldwide, coming to be appreciated as a cult classic, and spawned the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984).
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Fandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fandom. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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