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Recent Examples of lacy
Crop tops, lacy camis, and bandeau tops would all work well paired with it.
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Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
Carpenter wore nothing but a pair of lacy white stockings.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 27 June 2025
Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade Soil Type: Medium to moist, well-draining, rich
Soil pH: Neutral (6.5-7.5)
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
With lacy foliage and tall flower spikes, larkspur adds gorgeous texture and upright structure to the summer garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The eggs were lacy, and slid gracefully around the pan.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
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Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
Carpenter wore nothing but a pair of lacy white stockings.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 27 June 2025
Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade Soil Type: Medium to moist, well-draining, rich
Soil pH: Neutral (6.5-7.5)
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
With lacy foliage and tall flower spikes, larkspur adds gorgeous texture and upright structure to the summer garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The eggs were lacy, and slid gracefully around the pan.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacy
Adjective
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Pollinators adore these frilly blooms, while songbirds eat the seeds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cate Blanchett is a longtime friend of the house, most recently sporting Armani at this summer’s Venice Film Festival, as is Jodi Foster, who rejected the frilly frocks of the early ’90s and found a kindred spirit in the designer who would come to define the Oscar winner’s look.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some nomenclature gets a little more flowery.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s something dark budding beneath the flowery surface of NBC‘s Grosse Pointe Garden Society.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Lacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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