as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success
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Recent Examples of fig
Genny Marconcini, housekeeping manager at the Grand Hotel Victoria, says a delicate spray of the hotel’s signature scent—with notes of lemon, lotus flower, and sweet fig—during final inspection creates an immediate sense of comfort.
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Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
On Ocracoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, only fig jam will do.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
My favorite is the lime and fig soba, with its sweet and sour notes and light broth.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Mix large statement pots — think small trees, tall ornamental grasses or a dramatic fiddle-leaf fig — with medium plants and trailing varieties that spill over the edges.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
On Ocracoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, only fig jam will do.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
My favorite is the lime and fig soba, with its sweet and sour notes and light broth.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Mix large statement pots — think small trees, tall ornamental grasses or a dramatic fiddle-leaf fig — with medium plants and trailing varieties that spill over the edges.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig
Noun
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Drop some of the races on tracks no one gives a damn about and showcase the old school tracks, Bristol, Talladega and Daytona get three races a season.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Volcanoes, like stars and tides and changing seasons, don’t give a damn.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If none of this makes a lick of sense, never fear.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Eventually music theory discussion turned to actual licks.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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His adoration, here as in all things natural, is infectious, although the birds themselves care not a whit for him, and isn’t that part of the wonder, the fun?—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.—
Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
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Aziza Scott is a hoot as Anna’s pregnant best friend/real-talk Greek chorus of sorts, and Coiro herself doles out zingers as a random tourist on a bus.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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And Donnie was so into it and so prepared, and just a hoot.—
Rebecca Milzoff,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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