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Recent Examples of gamine
Sara—my gamine friend who had accompanied me to Slamdance, a budding film editrix—took the desk next to mine.
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Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.
—Essence, 18 Dec. 2025
Fast-forward to the following decade, when the gap-toothed gamine abandoned her heavy hand to embrace a more au naturel approach.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
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Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.
—Essence, 18 Dec. 2025
Fast-forward to the following decade, when the gap-toothed gamine abandoned her heavy hand to embrace a more au naturel approach.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamine
Noun
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Everyone was chasing a waif look.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Even after so long, Camilla was still moved at the sight of her, so graceful and petite, with that thin, waif-like face.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pink styled her blonde hair in her signature pixie cut, framing her face with a rose gold iridescent glam.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 June 2026
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In the heyday of her career, her choppy hair, flat chest, sickly pallor and large darting eyes were a manic pixie dream.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Tom loves Rhoda’s pairing of sweet potato and urchin, calling it something genuinely new.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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Those who skin dive or scuba dive in deeper water in these areas are allowed to collect far higher numbers of urchins — up to 40 gallons per person.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s often a tomboy sensibility at play too, with vintage tees and lightly distressed knits.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
25 May 2026
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Growing up in Los Angeles, tomboy Jane—tough, tireless, infinitely curious—would do anything to gain her father’s approval.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Huskies' last outing was an 83-59 romp of East Texas A&M, with Solomon Ball leading the team in scoring with 14 points, including going 2-for-5 from the 3-point line.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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Whether your choice of festive romance is a spicy romp in the holly and the ivy, or mistletoe kisses in a winter wonderland, there is something to suit every taste, and threaded through them all like a string of fairy lights there is love.—
Jenny Bayliss,
PEOPLE,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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