fancy
Example Sentences
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There’s a fancy name for this: solar geoengineering.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
His younger brother, who lives outside Seattle, also can’t stand stop-start, including in his 2022 Outback “with all the fancy bells and whistles and cameras.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"I've taken Bear for a fancy high tea - he had his own one," she laughed.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
And our aforementioned hike to Machu Picchu, we have a documentary about that, that will be premiering at a fancy festival at some point in the near-future.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Tante Jans, who loved medical paraphernalia of every kind, took a tremendous fancy to the new doctor and from then on consulted him as often as her finances would permit.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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