passing fancy
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The pandemic provided time for the story to become something more than a passing fancy.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Before dismissing Netflix’s trivia-based “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” as another passing fancy, remember that it is merely carrying on part of a larger quiz show tradition of lying.
From Salon ● May 4, 2022
I can see why you’d assume a 4-year-old’s commitment to vegetarianism would be a passing fancy.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2020
“There are sceptics as to whether this is a passing fancy … or whether this is a beginning, a serious commitment. I hope and I believe that something different is happening.”
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2016
He agreed to it, as he agreed later on to the leash, because he thought it was a passing fancy that could be overcome in time.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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