preppy

variants or preppie

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of preppy The film explicitly acknowledges that their sibling rivalry is very Thor and Loki, though the dynamic here is different with Wilson playing uptight preppy to Momoa’s jocular biker viking. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024 Think about it: the record companies forced them to be clean cut and preppy and all those things. Gary Gerard Hamilton, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023 Channeling an on-trend preppy heritage look but with the comforting familiarity of traditional decorating styles, dark leather decor truly has it all. Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2023 The 2022 Grace Wales Bonner Sambas have the brand's signature vintage-preppy spin with sleek tones, contrast stitching, and satin lining. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for preppy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preppy
Noun
  • The album’s pointed cover, showing a dolorous schoolboy gripping a phone while holding a basketball, hints at the weighty revelations contained therein.
    Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On Sanday, another one of the Orkney Islands, a warship connected to the American Revolution was uncovered on a beach by a schoolboy.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the film’s opening scene, a white schoolgirl recites a list of the materials.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
  • From quoting Maya Angelou at the Season 9 reunion to cheering like a schoolgirl at the idea of sharing a bunk bed with a costar, Stacey Rusch left a lasting impression during her inaugural season on Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of Potomac.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For communication purposes, phones can be valuable tools for students during the school day, according to Toch.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Sakura MurakamiBloomberg Success Meet a 23-year-old electrician who was a 'good student' but skipped college to join Gen Z's blue-collar revolution.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her suggestions beg for readers to flag pages with sticky notes for future inspiration.
    Janine MacLachlan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For readers not well-versed in PC gaming, frame generation features look at two frames that your GPU has rendered and then uses machine-learning algorithms to generate a frame in between them.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • The future members of Creedence Clearwater Revival began playing together in 1959, when the Fogerty brothers were joined by schoolmates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford while growing up in El Cerrito, Calif.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Collaboration made system possible The project was led by Rice doctoral alum Brett Pogostin, who began exploring self-assembling peptides as an undergraduate.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales continue to remain based in Windsor, living at Adelaide Cottage within Windsor Great Park, and George, Charlotte and Louis are day students at the nearby Lambrook School.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024

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“Preppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preppy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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