1
as in rejecting
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 dismissing
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 refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nixing
Former Vice President and presidential nominee Kamala Harris accused North Carolina election officials of limiting voting rights by nixing a polling site on the campus of a historically Black university while speaking in Charlotte on Tuesday.
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Mary Ramsey
april 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Ferguson initially came out against the measure in October, nixing the idea months before the House passed the measure.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
As a result, the Scandinavian producer can make textile fiber(s) from wood pulp or waste inputs—think leather, textiles and agricultural crop waste — thereby nixing the traditional chemical-dissolution route for viscose and lyocell production.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oil prices have gotten so high that traders are nixing bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates even once this year.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The benefit of nixing the league’s expansion draft is that every player signed by Denver for this first season wants to be in Denver.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The funding cuts did not appear to have affected the military’s funding for the war — though DOGE did propose nixing some programs at the Pentagon.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Crosby failed a physical, which ended up nixing the trade, a source told The Associated Press.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Mary Ramsey
april 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Ferguson initially came out against the measure in October, nixing the idea months before the House passed the measure.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
As a result, the Scandinavian producer can make textile fiber(s) from wood pulp or waste inputs—think leather, textiles and agricultural crop waste — thereby nixing the traditional chemical-dissolution route for viscose and lyocell production.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oil prices have gotten so high that traders are nixing bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates even once this year.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The benefit of nixing the league’s expansion draft is that every player signed by Denver for this first season wants to be in Denver.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The funding cuts did not appear to have affected the military’s funding for the war — though DOGE did propose nixing some programs at the Pentagon.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Crosby failed a physical, which ended up nixing the trade, a source told The Associated Press.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixing
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That means rejecting violent rhetoric, rejecting conspiracy theories and rejecting the impulse to use these moments for political gain.—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Rescue sparks debate in country Officials in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said their strategy had focused on minimizing stress for the animal, rejecting public calls for the whale to be euthanized to end its suffering.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Federal lawyers said judges made mistakes in dismissing the cases by arguing the Civil Rights Act granted the attorney general access to local voting records.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Quit dismissing them as uneducated.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Each time, Banchero was at the center of it, creating offense, absorbing contact and refusing to let the game slip entirely out of reach.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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His process of doing so involved disparaging his accusers, browbeating people and institutions that no longer wanted to be associated with him, and refusing to accept a path that precluded a return to being a public figure.—
Elizabeth Spiers,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Advocates say the right to request asylum is enshrined in the country's immigration law and say denying migrants that right puts people fleeing war or persecution in grave danger.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s no denying that Renny Harlin, in his utilitarian action-hack way, has some chops.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lamont saved them from themselves by vetoing that grant and several others.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Since taking office last year, Nawrocki has positioned himself as a main opponent of the influential prime minister, repeatedly vetoing laws proposed by the executive.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Reports in 2024 and 2025 indicated declining health, including low blood pressure, dizziness and heart problems, but these claims could not be independently verified.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Now these countries, like much of the world, are facing declining birth rates that threaten to upend their economies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The coastal Georgia man arrested in 2018 and accused of torturing, killing and burying his two teenage children in the backyard of the family’s mobile home will spend the rest of his life behind bars after reaching a plea deal.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors accused the trust, which convinced a federal district judge to order a temporary pause in construction, of ignoring claims that the project is needed to bolster national security.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But three days after withdrawing the lawsuit, Florida sued CMS for a third time, accusing the federal agency of ignoring the state’s public records request related to CMS’ approval of the KidCare expansion.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Nixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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