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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
Rooms are painted a soothing gray, with marbled wallpaper, stained glass windows, and colorful decor serving as delightful pops of whimsy.
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Only five of the trains are sporting the eyes, but a little bit of whimsy goes a long way.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
The aerospace aluminum construction is both light and durable, while the retro design, complete with wooden armrests, adds a touch of whimsy.
—Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
But Eggers also wanted Nosferatu’s male characters to bring a bit of whimsy to the film, if only to help audiences deal with all the tension and appreciate how monsters can have senses of humor.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Only five of the trains are sporting the eyes, but a little bit of whimsy goes a long way.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
The aerospace aluminum construction is both light and durable, while the retro design, complete with wooden armrests, adds a touch of whimsy.
—Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
But Eggers also wanted Nosferatu’s male characters to bring a bit of whimsy to the film, if only to help audiences deal with all the tension and appreciate how monsters can have senses of humor.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
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But in their performance Scott and Seth Avett find the humor and simpatico interest in the song.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Though, some adult viewers claimed the character was too joyful–not to mention the rise of anti-Barney humor at one point.Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
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Trump has long scorned the very notion of domestic extremism, dismissing it as overblown or invented.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Broncos coach scoffed at the notion that night at Empower Field.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2025
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Import more electric power Building more transmission to import electricity from out-of-state generators is not climate-friendly, leaves Maryland more vulnerable to the whims of others, and would be resisted by residents affected by the transmission.Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
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Here weapons ordered into existence decades ago to fight the West were revived for final acts against a new generation of Russian soldiers, sent over the border by the whim of the Kremlin’s latest occupant — a long and winding case of the boomerang effect, aided by Chinese consumer tech.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Having goals can create the impression that decisions are being made based on race or gender.Emily Peck, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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The song’s coronation on Regional Mexican Airplay comes after a 14% gain in audience impressions, to 7.7 million, logged in the tracking week of Jan. 3-9, according to Luminate.Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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Backlist sales soared, especially with romance and fantasy authors like Colleen Hoover and Sarah J. Maas.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Opening outside of the top 10 at the domestic weekend box office is the Robbie Williams fantasy music biopic Different Man, which opened in 1,291 theaters nationwide.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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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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Trying to go back to the Spelling Bee? Want to learn more about bees?New York Times Games, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Normally, worker bees are responsible for tending to eggs produced by the queen bee.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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