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Recent Examples of free-spirited
Lloyd is set to play Clive, a man who loses his phone at the bar and returns to retrieve it while Kane stars as Theresa, a free-spirited woman in pursuit of justice, excitement and her husband Clive.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The indie follows Christie, a timid 30-something who, after an unexpected positive pregnancy test, convinces her free-spirited best friend Ally (Ruffin) to help her track down her birth mother.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The rugged and brooding Cody is pulled out of the shadows of his past by Ali, a free-spirited cowgirl.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
The free-spirited family also leaned fully into the Japanese tradition by wearing kimonos and testing their hands at some martial arts.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Harris portrays a free-spirited yet quick-calculating middleman with playful wit.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Boho-chic fashion has taken hold of our collective style, and there’s no better place to get your free-spirited fix than Free People.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
The film is the final installment of director Robb Moss’ doc trilogy about a group of free-spirited friends navigating their way through life.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Named one of the best places to travel in 2024, this former mining boomtown turned artist haven is brimming with Victorian architecture, steep hillsides, funky shops and a free-spirited vibe.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The indie follows Christie, a timid 30-something who, after an unexpected positive pregnancy test, convinces her free-spirited best friend Ally (Ruffin) to help her track down her birth mother.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The rugged and brooding Cody is pulled out of the shadows of his past by Ali, a free-spirited cowgirl.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
The free-spirited family also leaned fully into the Japanese tradition by wearing kimonos and testing their hands at some martial arts.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Harris portrays a free-spirited yet quick-calculating middleman with playful wit.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Boho-chic fashion has taken hold of our collective style, and there’s no better place to get your free-spirited fix than Free People.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
The film is the final installment of director Robb Moss’ doc trilogy about a group of free-spirited friends navigating their way through life.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Named one of the best places to travel in 2024, this former mining boomtown turned artist haven is brimming with Victorian architecture, steep hillsides, funky shops and a free-spirited vibe.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-spirited
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Instead, the company gave the job to Josie Wheeler, a nontraditional hire who’d joined the company in 2019 as an apprentice.—
Andy Tonsing,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Schoemann denied any wrongdoing, saying the county engaged in a nontraditional but widely publicized process seeking ideas for the property and the school's $3 million proposal was the best financial option.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Too cruel, too pointed, and way too out-there, at least in the world that Roach and McNamara have previously knit together.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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What were some other out-there ideas that never came to fruition?—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her snide answers to their belittling questions are smart and iconoclastic, setting the stage for the other characters in the movie who also think outside the box.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The iconoclastic Eric André will play Don Sauvage, a more recent addition to the Street Fighter franchise who appears as a ring announcer.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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The design was by aviation legend Burt Rutan, known for his bold and often maverick creations.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2023
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Sinema has modeled her political approach on the maverick style of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who alienated the grassroots of his party by sometimes crossing the aisle to work with Democrats.—
Time,
Time,
23 Jan. 2023
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Michel was accused of helping Low run foreign-influence campaigns against the U.S., such as funneling money from Low to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, as well as lobbying Donald Trump’s administration to drop an investigation into Low and extradite the dissident Chinese billionaire.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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The film follows a reclusive mortician who faces an unusual request from a dissident singer in hiding.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These statements were heretical in Athens, where Anaxagoras lived.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
20 Aug. 2025
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Although the French and Italian religious authorities welcomed their piety, those in Germany tended to suppress them as heretical and revolutionary.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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