as in craze
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it
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Recent Examples of fad
Some people try to lessen the impact of environmental factors on their lives through life extension fads and biohacking.
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Julia Craven, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
The workout fads of the ’70s and early ’80s created a new ideal of beauty for both men and women and cemented the idea that exercise was fundamental to healthy living.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Dark energy may evolve in such a way that the current phase of accelerated expansion is just a passing fad, and, at some point in the future, the Universe’s expansion will slow down, stop, and then reverse.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
But buying into every fad has strained consumers’ wallets — and created piles of clutter in their homes.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Julia Craven, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
The workout fads of the ’70s and early ’80s created a new ideal of beauty for both men and women and cemented the idea that exercise was fundamental to healthy living.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Dark energy may evolve in such a way that the current phase of accelerated expansion is just a passing fad, and, at some point in the future, the Universe’s expansion will slow down, stop, and then reverse.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
But buying into every fad has strained consumers’ wallets — and created piles of clutter in their homes.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fad
Noun
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That’s more than double the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic and close to the record seen at the beginning of 2021, when the meme stock craze sent GameStop shares on a historic run before a massive crash.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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But on principle, the bacon-and-sweets craze has gone too far.—
Kathryn Varn,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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On top of that, the latest report shows a worrying trend: The market’s momentum leader could be slowing down.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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As the crew collaborates with locals to fabricate a trend, unexpected connections blossom while a pervasive health crisis looms unacknowledged in the background.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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The latests deaths included three residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas, as well as a Balch Springs man in his 20s and a Dallas man in his 60s.—
Dana Branham,
Dallas News,
30 Apr. 2020
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That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates.—
Brendan Bures,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Oct. 2019
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Community clinics, the inexpensive backbone of China’s health care system before the hospital boom, are back in vogue, while telehealth visits with a doctor are growing in popularity.—
Claire Fu,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kering, which is especially exposed to the Chinese consumer, has been battling a particularly acute downturn, as its star label Gucci has fallen out of vogue.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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Melanie does that beautifully, unraveling through rage.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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His parents fought repeatedly, and his father often used his fists on him to take out his rage, according to The Associated Press.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Fad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fad. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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