fancy-free

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Recent Examples of fancy-free Conjure up visions of the footloose and fancy-free summers of your youth, and recollections of boardwalk strolls, ice cream in hand, may come to mind. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Adjective
  • To claim Head of Household (HOH), the taxpayer generally must be unmarried (single, legally separated, divorced, or widowed) or be considered unmarried, pay more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and have a qualifying person.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • While church policies emphasized that unmarried women had the right to keep their children and the children had a right to remain with their mothers, staff often ignored this guidance and worked closely with adoption agencies, researchers found.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Finally, showering within two hours of coming indoors can help wash away any unattached ticks.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • There are now more unattached women in the country than married ones.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Britain’s mea culpa follows apologies from Scotland, Wales, the Church of England and other nations, as countries confront postwar policies that separated unwed mothers and infants.
    Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • To protect the family’s social standing, she is sent to a home for unwed mothers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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