as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success
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Recent Examples of fig
Piles of organic and locally sourced produce, from delicata squash to Japanese sweet potatoes, beckoned, as did prepared foods like sushi, fig turkey sandwiches, and cups of parfait cookies and cream.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
In winter, share dishes like velvety cauliflower cacio e pepe, rich mushroom tartine on Amaranth bakery toast, and vibrant fig and olive tapenade.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The scent blends matcha with fig and bitter orange, grounded by sesame, cedarwood, and vetiver.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
In winter, share dishes like velvety cauliflower cacio e pepe, rich mushroom tartine on Amaranth bakery toast, and vibrant fig and olive tapenade.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The scent blends matcha with fig and bitter orange, grounded by sesame, cedarwood, and vetiver.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig
Noun
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With Pres as the DJ, Gabe rips through damn-near all of Sortilège like a pro.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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But does anyone worth a damn really want to go to Madison right now?—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2025
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Every fashion photographer, model, chat-show host, and film director ends up here, on a perfect lick of beach, a short hop from the main drag of frisky boho Tulum.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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And all without a lick of spandex.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Why else show nubby fleece trousers with a coordinating striped jacket, which nobody needs but would be a hoot to wear?—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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