fancy
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"I think it's pretty obvious that I do really fancy you," she told him.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A peek into the future of restaurant reservations: If you’re making plans for a fancy dinner this weekend, take note: A big “upgrade” is coming to your favorite restaurants—to diners’ detriment.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The job losses, the synergies — that’s the fancy word for ‘we’re going to save money and there might be job cuts.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Then there’s distillation, a fancy term for training one model using another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Pardon me, madam. Do you have any idea where Muffinshire Lane is? I believe there are likely to be fancy shops nearby?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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
And drivers here seem more hostile to cyclists and pedestrians than in many other places in America—odd for a city that fancies itself green and progressive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
How had the ancients come up with such cockeyed fancies?
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
But he had uncles, aunts and cousins who lived in a much fancier part of the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The apartment was in a modest suburb, and the Mengele family had the wealth for something much fancier.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
As time went on, the houses got bigger, the parties got fancier, and the chartered bus to the Hamptons—east of New York City on Long Island—became a sea plane, Jones told the jury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Sales of fancier phones mean higher average prices.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
The Winstons’ mailbox was one of the fancier ones on the block.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
From the most basic eateries to the fanciest restaurants and even on the beach, it's everywhere.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Markstein, who has a master’s degree in historic preservation and has coached skiing, taught yoga, trimmed trees and waited tables at one of the fanciest restaurants in town, lives in a 2006 GMC van.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Extra great, because I work in the fanciest office ever.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
Perhaps a few would have fancied more goals against Haiti, but beggars cannot be choosers after a 36-year wait for a win on the biggest stage of all.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
“Up in one of the windows, there was a girl I fancied called Jasmine,” he explained.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
“Oh nonsense,” Greta Betchel, a petite woman who fancied herself both a nineteenth-century graveyard poet and the world’s last jardiniere supreme a la Louis XIV, replied.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
ALBUS: Apart from the Polly Chapman fancying you bits.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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