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folksy

[fohk-see] / ˈfoʊk si /


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The company’s shares had been under pressure after Julie Masino, the outgoing chief executive, alienated some core customers and conservatives by changing the folksy logo and the menu.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

He has since reinvented himself as a man of the people, melding a relaxed, folksy style with slick social media videos.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Ned Beatty’s vocal turn, starting warm and folksy and ending with a raving ruthlessness, is one for the ages.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

In arguing his case for punitive damages, Kaley's attorney Mark Lanier - a folksy Texas litigator - had shown the jury a jar of M&Ms.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

A master showman, he urged bidders on with folksy sayings like “Come on boys, this old wildcat is liable to have a mess of kittens.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

L. Scott Caldwell is just as memorable in the role, which she makes completely her own in Kent Gash’s folksier staging.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2017

For many Koreans, there is a collective shame about the folksier elements of their own culture.

From The Guardian May 8, 2017

The new “Voices of Pearl Harbor” tour uses a folksier approach, with acoustic guitar and ukulele music playing in the background as Bruner talks about the waterfront and Waikiki, circa 1941.

From Washington Times Dec. 20, 2015

Visions of a folksier Fleetwood Mac and Beach Boys come to mind, but their closing song “Hero” is a classic of its own accord.

From Time Jul. 7, 2014

It was always sixties music too—I recognized the Beatles and some of the folksier stuff you hear on the classic rock stations.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

With studied informality, the Donner Trail Ranch manages to be both the fanciest and the folksiest in the Reno area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spirit Lake is distended by a cast of more than four dozen major characters cursed with total recall and the folksiest dialect since Mr. Dooley.

From Time Magazine Archive




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