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But it’s not the only leaf that has gone for a ride on the shifting winds of modishness: Recall arugula’s ’90s glow-up, and the way radicchio was suddenly everywhere in the early aughts.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Her new collection had a rough-and-ready utility, all snaps and flak jackets, mixed with a flower-power modishness that kept some of the old spirit alive.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2018

I made one further essay, remarking to a woman on the surprising modishness of the portable toilets.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2010

With her mixture of conservativism and modishness, of shyness and assurance, she conveys both continuity and spontaneity.

From Time Magazine Archive

By temperament, he was suspicious of anything that smacked of novelty and modishness.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann