fancy
Example Sentences
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There’s a fancy name for this: solar geoengineering.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The reason is that the sport’s fancy new automated ball-strike system couldn’t function without it—which means that the days of players embellishing their heights for posterity are officially over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
So the Armstrong team employed a series of tests involving fancy scales and gently tipping the capsule.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In the Before, I never ate McDonald’s because there were a million fancy burger places in the city and Mom avoided trans fats.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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