Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
Noun
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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025 -
This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps to offset her severe personality, the ride adds a new character, a house elf named Higgledy.—
Todd Anderson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Before 10 Things, the young actor gained attention as Bernard, the sarcastic head elf in The Santa Clause (1994).—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What do the Krampus, a horde of undead elves, bloodthirsty changelings, and William Shatner have in common?—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Many people believed that faeries were capable of all sorts of wicked tricks: Stealing babies or children and replacing them with changelings, making devilish bargains, trapping people in the Otherworld for eternity.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The power of such trolls lies in their ability to manipulate the epistemic environment.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Lakers star then posted an epic troll about Smith on social media, sparking Smith to respond.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The gnome is the slowest, but took a shortcut through the forest.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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This allowed the audience the treat of two bumbling acceptance speeches from the endearing Nick Park, and the sight of three grown men carrying toy models of Wallace, Gromit, and a gnome to the podium twice.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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One of the couple's three dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, also was found dead in a crate in a bathroom closet near Arakawa.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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One of the couple's three dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, was also found dead in a crate in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, while two other dogs were found alive.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Nixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixie. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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