whimsy
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The result is pure, rich excess — a fashion documentary unlike any other, that manages to capture the transient joy and whimsy of an era where fashion was allowed to be, dare I say, fun.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
At least one major corporation sees value in bringing whimsy to the payment process too.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The trio sanded the edges of Colleton’s original whimsy, borrowed some of the moderation discipline from the tables and gave the project a name: American Dialogues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Wendi has the unique ability to bring nostalgia, whimsy and individuality all together into maximalist style,” she says in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
If they were to win this race, it would be through whimsy and intuition; they would laugh their way to DNA.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Briscoe, who teaches at Morgan State University in Baltimore, contrasts his comics-derived whimsies with realistic depictions of Black men and women.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
But she’s best known as the artist who was the driving force behind Disneyland staple “It’s a Small World,” still today a gleeful diorama dedicated to childlike whimsies from across the globe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
When our debates are no longer resolved by deliberation over reasons, then the whimsies of power will determine the outcome.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017
And she in no way, despite her much-expressed gratitude to Donald Davidson, her mentor at Vanderbilt, followed the Agrarians down the path of I’ll Take My Stand and their other neo-Confederate whimsies.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014
And I am but a servant to her wishes and whimsies.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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"All That" by David Foster Wallace
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