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all the rage

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  1. Also, all the thing. The current or latest fashion, with the implication that it will be short-lived, as in In the 1940s the lindy-hop was all the rage. The use of rage reflects the transfer of an angry passion to an enthusiastic one; thing is vaguer. [Late 1700s] These terms are heard less often today than the synonym the thing.

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Not long ago, the Los-Angeles-based company’s fresh bowls of fancy salads were all the rage, and its shares soared on hopes that salad-slinging robots could make it more profitable.

From Los Angeles Times

“Who needs to build excavators when power generation from power-hungry AI projects is all the rage?”

From Barron's

Adding liquidated damage fee clauses to NIL contracts became all the rage in 2025, a year that will be remembered as the first time players have been paid directly by schools.

From Los Angeles Times

Fishwife Tinned Fish Sampler – Tinned fish has been all the rage for a while now, but selecting quality tins, especially for newer tinned fish connoisseurs, can still be confusing.

From Salon

In the late 1990s, tech stocks were all the rage.

From The Wall Street Journal

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