fancy
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“Our house is small. We don’t drive fancy cars,” Solis said “We don’t go shopping.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
A public forum is a kind of fancy First Amendment way of saying it’s a space that the government has opened up for certain kinds of expression.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Michael Hill, a professor of chemistry at Occidental College, puts it more bluntly: "LASIK is just a fancy way of doing traditional surgery. It's still carving tissue -- it's just carving with a laser."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
Getting asked out to an affordable happy hour where beers are $5 might actually be a bigger green flag for someone than a date at a fancy cocktail bar.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Music, yes. A fancy music program that’s not going to help my band get a record deal, no.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
A nation of 1.4 billion people, a leader who fancies himself a soccer fan, billions of dollars poured into the sport since the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Looking ahead to this summer's tournament in North America, he highlights Brazil, England and France as very strong sides - and fancies the Three Lions to go all the way.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
While acknowleding the possibility of mild investor disappointment versus the run-up in expectations, he still fancies estimates to be raised over the next few quarters.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Ruegg, who won last year's TDU on the demanding Willunga Hill climb, fancies her chances of defending her tour title on Monday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
From behind an ornate Myrish screen carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens, they peered unseen into a common room where an old man was playing a cheerful air on the pipes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“If some app tries to tell you it has a fancier forecast, you roll your eyes a bit, because it all mostly comes from governments.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Premium lounges often do have direct views of competition and ongoing access to fancier food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The apartment was in a modest suburb, and the Mengele family had the wealth for something much fancier.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Stretch the night in one or two directions—bigger in scope, richer in ingredients or a little fancier in presentation.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026
A Californian I know, Dr. Schwartz, is a cactus fancier.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Even the fanciest European supermarkets typically offered three types of milk: whole, semiskimmed and skimmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn, has said that employers believe AI skills have an edge over “the fanciest degrees.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2025
Year 5 pupils in Stratus Class at Riverley Primary School in Leyton, were awarded the title for their joke submission to a UK-wide competition: "What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
Doesn’t matter the fanciest place I’ve ever been to — this is the best pasta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
"Y'all are the fanciest newbies I ever met," Coach said.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
When I recently wrote about the cultural phenomenon of Costco fandom, I fancied myself a wizened warehouse wizard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
They are overwhelming favourites to retain their domestic crown and are fancied to win their first-ever Champions League this season.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
If she fancied a dress in the display window at the Broadway or Bullocks, it would appear in a fancy box on her bed a few days later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
If you’ve ever fancied a gondola ride through Venice’s famous canals, now might be the time—many Americans have already grasped the opportunity this summer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Yes, I think he’s my uncle Ahmad, who fancied himself a storyteller.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Just two days earlier, I’d been on the slopes in Vermont fancying myself a paragon of wellness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
But the narrator—technologically astute and, by proxy, fancying herself a savvy reader of people—discerns the clandestine love story.
From Slate ● May 27, 2024
While it’s not particularly difficult to find a film you’re fancying at any given moment, it’s not particularly easy, either.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
“What Sondheim didn’t appreciate was Bernstein’s fancying himself a lyricist,” Mr. Silverman wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
“How I could so long a time be fancying myself!...” cried Harriet, warmly.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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