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Recent Examples of fancy-free
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Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free?
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USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy-free
Adjective
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Overall, a majority of unmarried Americans, 56 percent, are more worried about ending up with the wrong partner than not finding someone at all, the AEI survey found.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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Some essential relief, or perhaps even a slight disappointment, to realize that unmarried life is kind of normal?—
Haley Mlotek,
Curbed,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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This behavior qualifies as tool use because dogs use an unattached object (a stick) to modify their own condition (relieving tooth pain or cleaning teeth) while holding and manipulating it with their paws.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Aurora is professionally accomplished but unattached, unable to commit to a man.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Many cultures around the world frown on the unwed, and as a result, people often find themselves in marriages out of a sense of duty and commitment rather than long-lasting love.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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This prairie witch’s origin story is rooted in the loss of her only son and escape from the abusive home for unwed mothers where she was forced to wait out her pregnancy and give birth.—
Lauren LeBlanc,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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