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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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 press-on nails that chipped, broke, or popped off were nixed from our list.
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
Judges have also nixed settlements when plaintiffs are not adequately compensated for their harms or when the settlement wouldn’t obligate the defendant to sufficiently correct their underlying misbehavior.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
But after multiple attendees required medical attention, Trump decided to nix the conversation and just listen to music instead.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Those precise requirements nixed thousands of contenders and left just two possibilities, Oklahoma Watch reported: two KJV versions that have been officially endorsed by the Trump family.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
Judges have also nixed settlements when plaintiffs are not adequately compensated for their harms or when the settlement wouldn’t obligate the defendant to sufficiently correct their underlying misbehavior.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
But after multiple attendees required medical attention, Trump decided to nix the conversation and just listen to music instead.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Those precise requirements nixed thousands of contenders and left just two possibilities, Oklahoma Watch reported: two KJV versions that have been officially endorsed by the Trump family.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
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The surviving victim of the shooting initially provided some information to police, but after recovering from his injuries denied any knowledge of who shot him and refused to cooperate, authorities said.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris refused to accept any responsibility for the inflation that has devastated the middle-class and lower-income groups.Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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Some critics of President Biden may dismiss his recent apology of the federal Indian boarding schools as a strategy to win votes in what was a tight presidential election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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But other Republicans push back on the criticism of Selzer, saying the campaign should not outright dismiss the poll’s findings.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite high-profile endorsements and millions of dollars spent on advertising, Colorado voters rejected Initiative 131.Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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In 2018, Arizona voters overwhelmingly rejected school vouchers.Eli Hager, ProPublica, 9 Nov. 2024
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Harris would make history as the first woman president, an achievement Trump denied Clinton in 2016.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2016, the campaign of Green Party candidate Jill Stein requested a recount that was fully undertaken in Wisconsin, and requested one in Michigan (which was halted) and Pennsylvania (which was denied).Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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But whether Trump or Harris wins, Congress would still have to approve a federal wage bump, before a president could sign or veto it.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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For the past two years, Lebanon’s Parliament has been unable to elect a president, because Hezbollah has vetoed all candidates but its own.Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, prices for televisions 75 inches through 96 inches have declined 6% with sales up just 19% this year.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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San Jose police confirmed the arrest Tuesday evening but otherwise declined to comment on the underlying investigation, and announced that a news conference on the case would be held Wednesday.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The cause of a two-alarm fire Wednesday that displaced 10 residents and killed a pet dog remained under investigation Thursday, officials said.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The trial against Richard Allen continues Tuesday, Election Day, in Delphi, Indiana. Allen, 52, is accused of killing two teens who went missing Feb. 13, 2017, and were found dead the next day.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Tech company CEOs who largely sat on the sidelines for the presidential election sent their congratulations Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump, ignoring Trump’s history of threats against some of them and joining their peer Elon Musk in welcoming Trump back to power.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But this view ignores the vital ways that states can also safeguard American democracy—including in a contested presidential election.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Nix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nix. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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