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Recent Examples of furbelow
Maya Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022
Porsche's design department clearly had fun with this model, reaching deep into the brand's endless reservoir of badges and colors, frills and furbelows.
—Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 1 June 2020
Verb
Oddly, for such a modernizer, Michele’s taste tends toward the baroque, or even the rococo—the man has seemingly never encountered a frill or furbelow that displeased him—and his collections are littered with vintage references.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022
Porsche's design department clearly had fun with this model, reaching deep into the brand's endless reservoir of badges and colors, frills and furbelows.
—Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 1 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furbelow
Noun
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Fill empty spaces with more soil to ensure the edging is compact.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Aug. 2025
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Creeping speedwell makes a great lawn substitute and works well between pavers or as an edging along pathways.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The road that ribbons through the foothills rises and twists like the tail of a cat.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
24 May 2023
Noun
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My current favorites are ruffle socks for a more feminine outfit or scrunch socks for a more cozy look.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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In a sequence that kicks off with a dance break alongside Colman Domingo dressed in drag, Carpenter wears a whimsical metallic fringe chainmail halter top with matching arm cuffs and a pair of mirrorball bottoms decked out in ruffles and sequins.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Borom, Daniel Brunskill, Jackson Carman, Braeden Daniels and Kion Smith all belong on Miami’s practice squad, the team’s developmental unit for youngsters and fringe NFL talent.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Permian Basin — the country’s largest oil field, which straddles the Texas-New Mexico border — was estimated by a 2024 study to emit the second-most methane of any oil field in the world.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Poland, whose defense spending is the highest in Europe in terms of gross domestic product, has its own long border with Russian to contend with.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ana Swanson and Lazaro Gamio Selfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans.—
Lazaro Gamio Nataliya Vasilyeva Ryan Francis Bradley Ilham Ahmed,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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With these two examples in mind, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was always the way—of course the film garlanded at the world’s most prestigious film festival would go on to collect the most golden statuettes, right?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The flounce hem is feminine and fun, adding just enough interest to take this from plain to chic.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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Two centuries later, frills and flounces are back in style on the heels of the cottagecore bedding scene, allowing your bedscape to embrace its softer side.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The model’s black dress was embroidered with holographic sequin sheets, giving the dress a chain metal illusion look.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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The custom floor-length Atelier Versace gown was made navy crepe de chine, and featured a damier motif that was embroidered with black silk thread.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Furbelow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furbelow. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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