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hip to

ADJECTIVE
informed about latest trends
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Infiniti oozed glamour in a lilac sleeveless Louis Vuitton dress with a fitted bodice and a cascade of ruffles tumbling from her hip to the floor, creating a long train.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

“It wasn’t hip to like Elvis” at that time, Jorgensen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Many disgruntled consumers who got hip to the scheme during July’s Prime Day decided not to return for this month’s deals, and some even filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Amazon last month.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

“I wanted someone bluesier, who was hip to country music, ’cause that’s where I envisioned the band going,” Westerberg told author Bob Mehr in Mehr’s 2015 biography, “Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

She didn’t know what to think of him yet, other than he looked way too hip to be dating her dad.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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