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Recent Examples of fanny Owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the team’s new executive vice president, count on all of those things to put fannies in the seats and lines at the concession stands. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 The adjustable strap easily switches between fanny-pack and shoulder bag styles. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanny
Noun
  • And best of all is the way its cocktail of growth factors, peptides, collagen amino acids, and wild yam extract comes together to bring baby cheeks–levels of plumpness to your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Her glam consisted of loose waves, subtle smoky eyeshadow and peachy tones on her cheeks and lips.
    Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When law enforcement showed up, Davis asked to have his hands cuffed in front of him, so as not to aggravate his bum shoulder.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.
    James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans hold a strong majority in both chambers of the General Assembly, holding 29 out of 35 seats in the Senate and 81 of 100 seats in the House.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Heated seats also are standard on the ’25 model.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are peacocks everywhere on this island, hundreds of them, maybe thousands, towing their long blue and green tails behind them.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Comets are among the most captivating wanderers of the solar system — icy relics from its earliest days that blaze across the sky with glowing tails and mysterious origins.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An old ram has a bony, sloping rump; a healthy young ram has a more muscular, rounded rump.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Fanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanny. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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