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as in dreams
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a writer with a prodigious talent for creating fancies that captivate readers young and old
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as in whims
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
is this a serious interest in music, or just your latest fancy that will be forgotten after a week?
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as in likings
positive regard for something
now that he's rich he's taken a fancy to expensive sports cars
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India
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as in enjoys
to take pleasure in
the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown
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Recent Examples of fancies
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
At least there were idealists who dreamed such fancies, and their dreams were the pretext for creating this nation.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
But the Browns, with a 40-year-old quarterback, four offensive linemen signed only for this season and a defense that carries and fancies itself as one of the league’s best, know what things are supposed to look like and what the roadmap to success — even temporary success — has to be.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Dec. 2025
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While Maluma never called this swanky condo home, the 31-year-old singer and rapper appreciates plenty of other high-end fancies.
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Gronk makes his game prediction Boise State may be coming into Saturday’s game as an underdog by over a touchdown, but Gronkowski fancies the Broncos’ chances.
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But as his son’s college dreams were coming into focus, Dominique thought about his own path and upbringing.—
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Most cops have hero dreams, protector fantasies that sustain them through days that are mostly mundane.—
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Not as freaks to be studied from afar, mimicked, and exploited for other people’s creative whims or amusement, but as complex and whole parts of the world worth exploring and celebrating.—
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Beyond immigration, Miller specializes in turning the president’s whims and rantings into government policy.—
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The company imagines intelligent appliances operating as agents that manage daily routines and return time to users.—
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In an episode where Milo and Zach try to help Melissa conquer her fear of roller coasters, the roller coaster Melissa imagines is the same one Phinneas and Ferb made in their backyard.—
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Ball enjoys every second of their interactions, too.—
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Rose also enjoys playing with dolls, carefully giving each one its own name and unique personality.—
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And, once again, fantasies of surgical strikes are yielding to messy realities.—
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Ride a Luge Live out your Milan 2026 fantasies at Michigan's Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park.—
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But a more recent line of research has pushed back against these notions, using statistical analysis to suggest that the apparent variations in response are just the result of measurement error and day-to-day biological variability.—
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Beau McCall understands the affective power of buttons—these commonplace household notions have captured his imagination for decades.—
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This tiny library, which had gardening books, the complete works of Shakespeare, and some 200 handwritten volumes by the likes of Thomas Hardy and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was not meant to be comprehensive.—
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Guest hosts included the likes of Andy Cohen, Scarlett Johansson, Keke Palmer, Amy Poehler, Rogers, and more.—
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Proposed by the Laguna Ocean Foundation, the project envisions restoring 9 acres of the marshy area and sand berm at the mouth of Aliso Creek, improving the link between the ocean and the nearby canyons and wildlands area.—
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The front area benefits from natural light, and Arakelyan envisions that as a space for content creators.—
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“Fancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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