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also whimsey
as in humor
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
Each Faena property channels a mix of Art Deco elements, coupled with fantasy and whimsy baked into its aesthetic.
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Caroline Tell, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Lauder is known for her use of color, femininity, and whimsy, and Casa Loro is no different.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
While the facade of the stately building drawing inspiration from the grande dame Ritz Paris is unchanged, the interiors have been reimagined with opulence, and in true Nemacolin fashion, lots of whimsy.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Wear it for a night of whimsy at a Shakespearean ballet or to the Wicked matinee.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Tell, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Lauder is known for her use of color, femininity, and whimsy, and Casa Loro is no different.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
While the facade of the stately building drawing inspiration from the grande dame Ritz Paris is unchanged, the interiors have been reimagined with opulence, and in true Nemacolin fashion, lots of whimsy.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Wear it for a night of whimsy at a Shakespearean ballet or to the Wicked matinee.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
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Black Dog was a case of the latter, with dark humor framing its gritty tale of an ex-con returning to his rural hometown to start his life again.Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Linkages between these users and any administration would subvert the traditional notion of citizenship, and agreements between the entities would be unlike ordinary alliances.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Mann scorned the notion of the writer as political activist.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The third category was a small but influential group of MAGA true believers and chaos agents who sought to carry out Trump’s whims without any clarification or regard for the consequences.Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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On traditional platforms, content can be removed or suppressed based on the whims of the platform’s owners or external pressures.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t the first time Johnson has shown off his Trump impression.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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The artist made a striking impression in an all-white ensemble: a leather skirt paired with a blazer-style wrap top by Kristina Fidelskaya, matching white gloves, and white Christian Louboutin heels.Essence, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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What that means is two-fold: a series that captures Game of Thrones’s extensive, fantasy world-building and the drama of political succession and a show dropping on HBO’s premier Sunday night spot that everyone wants to talk about the morning after.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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The fantasy thriller is from Emmy winner Lucia Puenzo.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 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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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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My rebellious nature, and my inclination for pointing out her caprices may have sharpened her disfavor.Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Meta’s plans for an AI data center were disrupted by an unusual culprit—rare bees.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the same bees do buzz around her bonnet, over and over.Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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