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- fringiness noun
Example Sentences
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When Wiener started pushing Yimby policies about 15 years ago, many of his ideas were unpopular and fringy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
If quantum-mind theories are fringy, quantum psychiatry is the fringe of the fringe.
From Scientific American • Dec. 24, 2022
“Literally only the fringy of the fringe are willing to do pressers, and that’s when it became clear there was no ‘there’ there,” a senior administration official said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2020
“That was one of my favorites — and it didn’t get much coverage,” she said of the fringy leather Chanel number.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2019
I thought sitting on one of those red velvety couches chock-full of fringy pillows was probably akin to suffocating.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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