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also whimsey
as in humor
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent
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Recent Examples of whimsy
Coach, too, didn’t shy away from a little footwear playfulness at New York Fashion Week last year, for which the brand’s Soho Sneaker was introduced to childlike whimsy — by way of prominent charms taking up prime real estate on the shoe’s upper and, understandably, attracting all the attention.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
Black Ink Interiors In a traditional living room in Scottsdale’s Silverleaf community, Black Ink Interiors added vibrant decorative pillows for a touch of whimsy and charm.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Affirmation, though, Kore-eda would warn, is not an affect of whimsy, it must be aged and earned, not wished or projected.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Reminiscent of her striking visuals in the Louis Vuitton x Murakami collaboration, Zendaya appears larger than life—a playful, surreal perspective that echoes the artistic whimsy of that iconic collection.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
Black Ink Interiors In a traditional living room in Scottsdale’s Silverleaf community, Black Ink Interiors added vibrant decorative pillows for a touch of whimsy and charm.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Affirmation, though, Kore-eda would warn, is not an affect of whimsy, it must be aged and earned, not wished or projected.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Reminiscent of her striking visuals in the Louis Vuitton x Murakami collaboration, Zendaya appears larger than life—a playful, surreal perspective that echoes the artistic whimsy of that iconic collection.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
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Friday, March 27: This dance troupe blends traditional African styles with those from Black fraternities and sororities and contemporary forms in a show that also features storytelling, humor and audience participation.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Superhero cinema has dominated since then, and Brad Bird's visual style and humor feel less novel.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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This Money Mistake Keeps You Stuck One of the most popular misconceptions being debunked right now is the notion that working harder or for longer hours equates to making more money.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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At the heart of the team’s strategy is a notion called integer partitions.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
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Teams are forever juggling office space, making room for new technology, seeking to inspire a new vibe, responding to the whims and preferences of a new front office or coaching staff.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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When legislators and much of the voting public in Minnesota soundly rejected the cost of a retractable roof facility, the design of what eventually became Target Field was scaled back, and outdoor baseball – for better or worse depending on the whims of Minnesota weather – returned in 2010.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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His powerful late kick and ability to handle the 1 1/4-mile distance in that race left a lasting impression.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The 77-year-old takes us through the songs, albums, and genres that left the biggest impression.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2025
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Among his early gigs was a role on BBC fantasy drama Jekyll & Hyde, and making his West End debut in Mojo with Ben Whishaw and Rupert Grint.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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Yet now that substantial success seems to have given birth to a self-destructive fantasy.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2025
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Vape shops have spread across the American retail landscape with a bizarre swiftness, seemingly unbeholden to the same vagaries of inflation, customer demand, and local real estate that bind every other kind of storefront small business in the country.—
Amanda Mull,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2023
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Third, repeaters should prove capable of swapping this data between nodes in a network in a predictable way and not one too subject to the vagaries of chance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 June 2023
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Trump ran as a populist, but his actions in office have built a new élite shaped by his personal preference and caprice.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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Fear of political caprice masquerading as strategy, of a trade war metastasizing into financial contagion, and of a world where traditional safe havens—currencies, institutions, alliances—no longer offer much safety at all.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Suiter added that people who have adverse reactions to bee and ant stings are especially vulnerable and could go into anaphylactic shock from the needle ant's sting.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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The granola bowl is topped with honey from the farm’s bees; the team uses beef from French Broad River Cattle Farms in nearby Etowah; and, when in season, many of the vegetables featured on the menu are harvested from The Horse Shoe Farm gardens.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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