1
as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis
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2
as in to dismiss
to reject by or as if by a vote
movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort
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as in to reject
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nix
The event, held in Davidoff Park in Jaffa, was modified and Ben’s appearance was nixed.
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Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Too much of a powerhouse in the opinion of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued to stop the deal and won a preliminary injunction that was enough to nix the transaction.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
Reuters first reported that officials with the incoming Trump administration are exploring how to nix the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit that first became available last year.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Carroll County’s Department of Economic Development had been working with Hahn’s on its expansion plans for the last few years and expressed thanks last summer that the company decided to nix out-of-state options and stay in the county.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Too much of a powerhouse in the opinion of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued to stop the deal and won a preliminary injunction that was enough to nix the transaction.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
Reuters first reported that officials with the incoming Trump administration are exploring how to nix the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit that first became available last year.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Carroll County’s Department of Economic Development had been working with Hahn’s on its expansion plans for the last few years and expressed thanks last summer that the company decided to nix out-of-state options and stay in the county.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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China has labeled Lai a separatist and refuses to engage in dialogue with him, further increasing hostilities.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The most memorable productions may have involved classics of one kind or another, but these works were reborn in stagings that refused to play it safe.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The case was previously scheduled to go to trial in August 2025, but is now expected to be dismissed.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, a judge dismissed Amazon’s complaint after the Pentagon, under the Biden administration, issued cloud contracts to both Amazon and Microsoft.Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.HALELUYA HADERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump's second inauguration will be a triumphant return for a former president many believed to be permanently barred from Washington four years ago after denying his 2020 election loss.Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is in jail in Pennsylvania, where he was denied bail, and is resisting extradition to New York to face trial — a process that could take weeks.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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But President Joe Biden's administration poured cold water on the momentum for Young's 2024 bill this week, saying the president would veto it.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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Over the past four years, Biden has vetoed 12 measures successfully without pushback from Congress.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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At 36 years of age and with his play declining, was Wilson’s career over?Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors declined to press charges against Mangum for making false allegations.Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Since the war began, Israeli strikes have killed around 700 people tasked with protecting the trucks, according to local officials.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Only Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer supported by the Spanish crown, had led a circumnavigation of the globe before, although he was killed in the Philippines in 1521, and only his crew completed the journey.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Spider-Man is too big a property, with far too much potential and too many fantastic stories to tell, for Sony to ignore the value of any property for long, regardless of the shelving of the SSU for now.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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While stocks fell slightly on Thursday, investors are mostly ignoring recent reports showing inflation is still a very real problem.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Nix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nix. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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