1
as in imagining
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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2
as in enjoying
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 fancying
And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancying
Verb
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Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This was welcome news to the 18 million Americans of Italian descent enjoying Italian-American heritage month each October.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Alba is enjoying some downtime on the beach in Australia.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In his eight wins, all eight have come inside the distance, with only two fights seeing a second round.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Before long, strangers are watching, liking, and commenting on a moment that was meant to be private.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Saints’ other wideout of interest, Chris Olave, would likely cost too high a draft pick for the Patriots’ liking.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.—
Ryan Kennedy,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s a masochism element of loving being put through the ringer in some capacity.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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Your voice, your art, and your light will remain forever in the history of Ecuador, but above all, in the hearts of those of us who had the privilege of loving you.—
Shyla Watson,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That means Southerners dreaming of a vacation at sea no longer need to tack on a trip to Florida or New Orleans to set sail.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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All of this left many of them dreaming of being a stay-at-home wife supported and protected by a rich and masculine man.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Instead of picturing a style in her head or printing a 2D version for clients, Koop and other Alta users can look through lifelike representations of wardrobe pieces.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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For someone like me, who has trouble picturing things that are not immediately in front of her, watching people run up the hill was illuminating.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Fancying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancying. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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