fads

Example Sentences

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Fads enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s and 1960s.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2016

Fads and anomalies of one century can become routine in the next.

From Time • Feb. 17, 2016

Gardner also played a key role in the founding of the US sceptical movement, countering parapsychology, psychics and other nonsense, starting with his landmark book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science in 1952.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2014

Fads with dog breeds generally hurt the breed, because people who shouldn’t be breeding tend to latch on to the possibility of cashing in on a fad.

From Slate

Fads of this nature offer the additional inducement of an asset which may serve, in a material way, to banish worry in time of stress.

From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln