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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
  • If needed, hang the rug over a fence or railing to shake out loose dirt.
    Karen Grossman, Southern Living, 24 June 2025
  • The 27-year-old Tatum’s injury came during the Celtics Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks while Tatum lunged for a loose ball.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 June 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
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 June 2025
  • Create a free account or log in to continue reading.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Will some casual fans who used to flip on a game at random drop off?
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 19 June 2025
  • Reservations are required for both the casual tasting and the picnic table.
    Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • The protagonist of this beguiling novel, Lina, lives with her father in a realm seemingly unbound by ordinary time.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Today, China’s giant mining and refining companies operate without much pressure to remain commercially viable, unbound by many constraints on firms funded by private investors and lenders.
    Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025

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“Footloose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footloose. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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