fad

Example Sentences

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We really should support having accountable, representative institutions that fight for our interests but that nonetheless dispassionately seek truth with some insulation from distraction, emotion and fad.

From Los Angeles Times

"The royal family has begun a new fad in drinks among London's fashionable Mayfair set," reported the Sydney Morning Herald in 1961.

From Salon

One expert, whom North Carolina paid $400 per hour, stated in court proceedings that transition care might be a "fad" or "consumer fraud," similar to the widespread medical use of lobotomies in previous decades.

From Salon

At this point, he said, it’s not clear whether generative AI will turn out to be a transformative technology or a passing fad.

From Washington Post

Wrote Time: “With astonishing swiftness, streaking, the art of the point-to-point dash in the buff, has burgeoned into an unabashed, pandemic American fad.”

From Washington Post