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
  • Ponzi schemes are most often associated with men, such as Bernie Madoff or Allen Stanford but the originator of this simple, but effective scam was a woman, Sarah Howe, who also in Boston in 1879 established the Ladies’ Deposit Company, a bank that took deposits only from unmarried women.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • By the numbers: 61% of percent of 20-and-older residents in New Orleans, including Metairie, are unmarried, compared to the national average of 49.1%.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
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
  • 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
  • Aurora is professionally accomplished but unattached, unable to commit to a man.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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 13 Mar. 2025.

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