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Recent Examples of footloose Huppert plays a footloose and intense French woman at large in Korea and vaguely making ends meet as an untrained language tutor with eccentric methods. Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024 This anthology is a footloose excavation of Muslim food writing foraged from some of South Asia’s best writers, with a recipe tailing each essay. Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023 These natural attributes no longer matter as firms are attracted to cities where footloose knowledge workers congregate. Ian Goldin, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023 The result is footloose foreign capital flows out of emerging markets that are deemed riskier. Cristina Bodea, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for footloose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footloose
Adjective
  • The top has a casual, loose fit that’ll feel comfortable to wear with shorts now and jeans later, especially if it’s paired with a cozy cardigan for added warmth once fall arrives.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings reaches for a loose ball against Natasha Cloud #9 of the New York Liberty during a game against the New York Liberty at College Park Center on July 28, 2025 in Arlington, Texas.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The podcast format gives Tolbert a more freewheeling forum than radio.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There’s no legal argument to be made against this turn away from fact-checking and towards a more freewheeling, more disinformation-laden, more confusing, more hateful and less illuminating approach.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Crucially, during the launch period of the Pixel 9 Pro, Google offered a free 12-month subscription to Google AI Pro for those purchasing the handset.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Dealers are replace the rear axle shaft assemblies in the affected vehicles for free.
    James Powel, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Roots sells casual apparel, athletic gear and more, and while its headquarters is in Canada, its flagship store is in Michigan, where some Meijer stores operate.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Papa hasn’t gone business casual yet, but his latest outfit is noticeably less restrictive.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet even as clients face existential troubles, the legal industry has remained strong, unbound by bull or bear markets.
    Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Back in 1835, another outsider, Alexis de Tocqueville, famously described Americans as uniquely unbound by tradition or group norms.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 May 2025

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“Footloose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footloose. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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