fashionable

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Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” published in 1755, applied the term fashionable to people above the “vulgar” and below “nobility,” a very subjective space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Mainstream teenage romances of the ’80s were fashionable and predictable.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Plus, as sleepwear styles become more fashionable, it’s hard to think of them as strictly for the slovenly set.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

With Wall Street worried artificial intelligence is coming for white-collar jobs, hard-hat and other “real economy” stocks are suddenly fashionable again.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

There was a tight, fashionable clique of Californians at Hampden, mostly from San Francisco and L.A.;

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt