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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy-free
Adjective
  • The series follows four unmarried couples who are at a crossroads and have decided to put their relationship to the ultimate test by living in separate villas; the men will live in one with a group of single women while the women will live in a house of single men.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In one study, for example, medical professionals more often judged the same childhood injury as abuse rather than an accident if told that the child’s parents were unmarried or drug users—both of which appear to be true of Roberson.
    Jeff Kukucka, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 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 blaze lit up the sky on Summer Street in the North Shore community in a fire in an unattached two-story garage with a long driveway, posing another challenge, according to social media posts.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Only one of Grande’s quartet of current appearances on the Official Streaming list is unattached to Wicked.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the novel, four teenage girls are sent to Wellwood House, a home for unwed mothers, in 1970, with the mandate to give birth, send the children away for adoption and pretend like nothing actually happened.
    William Earl, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In a viral clip, an unwed teenager is forced to apologize to her church congregation for her pregnancy, causing online debate.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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