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Recent Examples of fancy-pants
The surprise of Clover Hill is not that this sort of food is on offer in an outer borough—with its concentration of zillion-dollar brownstones and fancy-pants residents, Brooklyn Heights isn’t exactly salt of the earth.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
But no—not good enough for these fancy-pants mathematicians who need their own set of characters just to feel special.
—Eli Burnstein, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
With crust that's beautifully singed and wondrously puffed, the not-so-basic numbers are polished with fancy-pants ingredients—from Calabrian chile, fennel and sausage to a cacio e pepe riff made with velvety cream sauce, formaggi al pepe and pecorino.
—Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
But no—not good enough for these fancy-pants mathematicians who need their own set of characters just to feel special.
—Eli Burnstein, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
With crust that's beautifully singed and wondrously puffed, the not-so-basic numbers are polished with fancy-pants ingredients—from Calabrian chile, fennel and sausage to a cacio e pepe riff made with velvety cream sauce, formaggi al pepe and pecorino.
—Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy-pants
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Just a five-minute drive from its glitzy neighbor, this historic chalet village offers a more intimate refuge, allowing visitors to savor the region’s timeless charms without any pretentious frills.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many fans understand the phrase to be about a pretentious movie.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to a feverish crowd in grandiose terms about immigration, pride at being German and the upcoming election.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Moretti’s unlikely foil comes in the form of Ariel, who, compared to the grandiose pop singer, is quiet and attentive, always studying the room.—
William Earl,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Against the devoted coalition of evangelical Christians, neocons, pompous billionaires and MAGA Republicans who now dominate the other side of the aisle, this prevaricating has failed to muster enthusiasm for the Democratic Party or much of the industry’s own product.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Do Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones play real people in 'The Brutalist?’ The film kicks into high gear with the introduction of Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), a pompous patriarch and industrialist who commissions Tóth to design an elaborate community center.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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For too long, Big Pharma has filled the airwaves with tons of commercials to fuel demand for its products while failing to disclose the inflated, ever-increasing price of these medications.—
Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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While domestic sourcing may not always align with cost structures, exploring local alternatives can mitigate risks of delays and inflated costs.—
Lyric Christian,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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Most of the collection centers on a gray color palette, but Ferguson injected pops of color that added a youthfulness to the collection, like a gray flannel cardigan with orange buttons, a boxy purple crewneck sweater and a black and white graphic cardigan.—
Layla Ilchi,
WWD,
3 Feb. 2025
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Their breakout season coincided with the introduction of the beam, a purple laser that lights up the sky above Golden 1 Center every time the Kings win a game.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
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Outside the ornate Georgetown hall where eight candidates lined up for their final forum before the party picks a new leader tomorrow, Washington was lurching from crisis to crisis.—
Jess Bidgood,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere, beauty this week was equal parts femme and freaky: nail art was sculptural, flipped and reversed, hair was piled high to make a poncy French monarch proud, and conceptual makeup took inspo from nature’s most ornate creatures.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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Equally significant will be the chorus of deficit hawks who insist the only way to remedy a bloated federal government is to restructure entitlement programs at risk of collapse in 10 years.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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My stomach felt less bloated, and there was a noticeable ease in my body’s tension.—
Tira Urquhart,
Essence,
17 Jan. 2025
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Mufasa opens in the stilted aftermath of the 2019 movie (also written by Nathanson).—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2024
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The rooms The camp has just nine tents branching off a stilted wooden walkway with plenty of space in between.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Fancy-pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-pants. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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