1
as in refused
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 dismissed
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 rejected
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nixed
Expansion is underway at The Village at Meridian shopping center after the developer nixed previous plans for apartments in favor of doubling down on its retail focus.
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Rose Evans
january 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Shoppers with mature skin who’ve nixed foundation even swear by its lasting power to withstand hot flashes.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Comedian Nikki Glaser revealed some of the jokes that were nixed for her Golden Globes monologue.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
In October 2025, Adam Driver told AP that Disney had nixed a standalone Kylo Ren movie with Steven Soderbergh.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
Jazz drummer Chuck Redd nixed the Christmas Eve show he’s been performing for nearly 20 years with very little notice.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The last time it was nixed was in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic — and that was the first cancellation since World War II.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The immigrant comedy was nixed by the network in February 2025 following its eight-episode first season.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
The Kennedy Center's annual Christmas concert was abruptly nixed by musician Chuck Redd.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixed
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There were the elections in 2024 that the opposition won, but Maduro refused to accept the result.—
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During our first visit, Maryam, embarrassed by her English, refused to ask the salesperson a question.—
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Sprowls sued, and an appellate court dismissed the lawsuit, siding with the county party, Davis said.—
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In November, a federal judge dismissed the charges against both Comey and James, finding that Halligan had been unlawfully appointed.—
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During the strike in October, Kaiser rejected workers’ claims about understaffing, insisting that wages are the main reason why workers walked picket lines.—
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And having sensitivity and being an actor, where you’re rejected more often than not is challenging.—
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The momager and Hunter denied the allegations laid out in the lawsuit and in the summer of 2023, Tiffany countersued for $30 million, per Insider, saying the mothers of the teenagers were trying to extort her.—
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But access to the lobby is still being denied.—
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When lawmakers refused and passed the bill unchanged, the governor vetoed it.—
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Trump vetoed the bills -- the first of his second term -- in late December.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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Investigators also found eight 9 mm casings fired from a Glock pistol at the scene where Holmes was killed, according to the affidavit.—
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Several districts in Kyiv were hit in the attack and an emergency medical aid worker was among those killed, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko.—
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“Nixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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