fancy-free

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Recent Examples of fancy-free Read the full Taurus Daily Horoscope Gemini (May 21 - June 21) Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free? USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
  • Watch The Perfect Holiday on Hulu Four Christmases In this 2008 rom-com, Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn play an unmarried couple with plans for an exotic holiday getaway.
    James Mercadante, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • However, for unmarried women with children, the median wealth dropped sharply to $10,700.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Defiant and determined to get back home on his own to his mother and grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, George encounters real danger as a distraught Rita tries to find her footloose son.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The footloose couple performed on the opening night of the Symphony of Dance tour in Melbourne, Fl.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • The city also ranks 23rd for gender parity among unattached individuals, offering a balanced environment for those seeking companionship.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The past year has seen unattached former Chelsea and Arsenal youngsters Malik Mothersille and Omari Benjamin join on trial.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
Adjective
  • To uphold traditional values and avoid unwed pregnancies, parents might arrange marriages for daughters as young as twelve or thirteen, in customary ceremonies that didn’t carry legal force.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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