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Recent Examples of flounce
Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Steer clear of heavy flounces and statement prints that draw attention to your fuller bust.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kobi Halperin debuted a dress coat decked out with a gold fringe scarf draped over one shoulder, while Christopher John Rogers had fabric scrap-like fringe flouncing from the sides of collars and waistbands.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Fringe was responsible for a lot of movement, flounce, and drama this Fashion Week.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Steer clear of heavy flounces and statement prints that draw attention to your fuller bust.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Lilly represents the tension between the old and new guard, flouncing into the White House with a profound disregard for tradition and a voracious desire to tear it all down.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kobi Halperin debuted a dress coat decked out with a gold fringe scarf draped over one shoulder, while Christopher John Rogers had fabric scrap-like fringe flouncing from the sides of collars and waistbands.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flounce
Noun
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Eckley chose the sleek Corten steel edging, and Fitzpatrick came up with the idea of tempering its modernity by continuing grass up the steps.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2025
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The heels feature black napa leather edging and a front strap with a button closure, which is a signature of the Camparinew heels.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The zebras pranced, all frisky energy; the elephants, lumbering and mournful, trailed behind with their ancient thoughts.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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Colette pranced by, her curls dangling in a ponytail.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Smooth finishes are going fringed; sharp angles are evolving into organic curves; neutral beiges and browns are being replaced with bold, vivid blues.—
Abby Morgan Lebet,
Glamour,
30 Dec. 2025
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Beach weddings and backyard events are well-suited to boho and free-spirited pieces, so try a strapless or halter design with details like ruffles and rosettes.—
Alison Syrett Cleary,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
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Eyelet lace met great proportions at Altuzarra and Jacquemus, while Chloé and McQueen piled on the ruffles.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Vito Acconci masturbated under a wooden ramp and stalked people on the streets of New York City.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the clip, a young Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is back in the Upside Down, where he was sent in Season 1, and he’s being stalked by its terrifying monsters.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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Fullstar The Original Pro Vegetable Chopper Slash your prep time in half with this nifty vegetable chopper that can chop, dice, spiral, and ribbon your produce any which way, all while keeping your fingers out of harm’s way.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Outside the capital, guerrilla groups and organized crime syndicates are exploiting the power vacuum along Venezuela’s borders and in its resource-rich interior.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Born in France but a staple of Moroccan cinema, Laxe has a talent for scaling international borders and belief systems to peer into worlds that feel dangerously tactile and spiritually slippery.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Thompson did not mince her words when talking about artificial intelligence in her creative process.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Leading the New York Jets to their first win of the season, quarterback Justin Fields did not mince his words when addressing owner Woody Johnson's public criticism of him.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Flounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flounce. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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