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also whimsey
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a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent
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Recent Examples of whimsy
Director Michael Arden leans hard on an impressively high-tech set, but what makes the show click is the way its whimsy is cut by shadings of melancholy, with its robots ever-aware of their impending obsolescence and yet still trying to be human.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Add a bit of texture and whimsy with a statement countertop sleigh.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
Turns out somebody can: Ian Frazier, longtime writer of New Yorker essays that seem like light whimsy on the surface and gradually reveal themselves as deep excavations of time and place.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Take the elliptical staircase—capped by dual skylights—to reach each floor where the rooms mirror something out of a storybook with touches of whimsy and elegance.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Add a bit of texture and whimsy with a statement countertop sleigh.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
Turns out somebody can: Ian Frazier, longtime writer of New Yorker essays that seem like light whimsy on the surface and gradually reveal themselves as deep excavations of time and place.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Take the elliptical staircase—capped by dual skylights—to reach each floor where the rooms mirror something out of a storybook with touches of whimsy and elegance.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
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Through these two characters, the film blends touching moments, humor, and a very realistic depiction of navigating love and relationships in a bustling urban environment.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Directed by Sidney Poitier, the film paired Poitier with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte in a story that was filled with humor, heart, and sharp cultural insight.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Italian has remained consistent, dismissing the notion emphatically and highlighting how Liverpool, Arsenal and even out-of-sorts Manchester City stand a better chance.Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Birthright citizenship’s legal underpinnings The notion of birthright citizenship can be traced to 1608 with Calvin’s Case, a British decision that became part of the common law adopted in the U.S. legal system’s early days.Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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Public health must take its rightful place as a cornerstone of national policy, insulated from political whims and guided by science.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Fortuna, the goddess of fortune and luck, serves as the muse for this exquisite piece, seamlessly blending elegance with the whims of fate.Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hailey Bieber’s new Rhode Barrier Butter seems to be making quite the impression, solidifying itself as a best-seller in her edited skin-care range (there are just five products, after all).Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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These recipes were often simple enough to save time for the main event but always delicious enough to leave a lasting impression.Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Today’s sentence helps ensure that Shouse’s fantasies won’t become another child’s nightmare for decades to come.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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On Netflix Lovely Runner This romantic time travel fantasy was one of the year’s biggest hits and a surprise hit at that.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Vape shops have spread across the American retail landscape with a bizarre swiftness, seemingly unbeholden to the same vagaries of inflation, customer demand, and local real estate that bind every other kind of storefront small business in the country.Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
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Third, repeaters should prove capable of swapping this data between nodes in a network in a predictable way and not one too subject to the vagaries of chance.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2023
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Most important, Afghanistan’s citizens have come to expect a more predictable experience when crossing borders, less subject to the whims and caprice of officials.George Gavrilis, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2015
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Back when podcasting wasn’t co-opted by YouTube, the idea was that owning your own successful podcast insulates you from being completely beholden to the caprice of social-media algorithms.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
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These bees are aggressive too and sting the attackers.Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
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Meteors in moonlight: 6 tips for the Geminids A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine.Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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