as in talent
a special and usually inborn ability
a person with a flair for making friends quickly
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Recent Examples of flair
Coneflower Colorful coneflowers are usually planted in a sunny flower bed, but these perennials can also add flair to a container garden.
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Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Those two deliberately do not sound like Police guitarist Andy Summers or drummer Stewart Copeland, both of whom created sounds that gave the Police its unique pop/rock/punk flair.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Amazon Essentials Sleeveless Woven Shift Dress A curved high-low hem lends flair to this sleeveless dress in soft, drapey twill.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
About a two-hour drive northeast of Minneapolis, Stout’s Island Lodge, which opens for the season in May, offers 40 rooms, each with its own flair.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
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Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Those two deliberately do not sound like Police guitarist Andy Summers or drummer Stewart Copeland, both of whom created sounds that gave the Police its unique pop/rock/punk flair.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Amazon Essentials Sleeveless Woven Shift Dress A curved high-low hem lends flair to this sleeveless dress in soft, drapey twill.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
About a two-hour drive northeast of Minneapolis, Stout’s Island Lodge, which opens for the season in May, offers 40 rooms, each with its own flair.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for flair
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flair
Noun
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The three hundred players are identified during the preceding summer and fall, when team scouts scour the country to evaluate prospective college talent.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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There aren’t many options for the Pistons to upgrade from someone his age, with his talent and frame.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Reid has a knack for killing opposing breakaways and retrieving loose pucks, which makes up for not being the most physical defenseman at 6-foot-2, 187 pounds.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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One of Knudson-Freeman’s many knacks was research and development, according to Freeman, saying his mother always wanted the food chain’s menu to be craveable.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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If the team stays bought in and the coach shows an early aptitude for resolving conflicts, change can be a good thing.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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The differences between racial attitudes in America and those in Britain both pushed and pulled him out of his home country, but America needed that gift less than Britain did.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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According to the law, a school district may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source to implement SB 546.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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“Flair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flair. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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