changeling

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Recent Examples of changeling The story of the changeling that Alice A referenced earlier in the series focused on a family putting a baby into a fire to bring their mother back. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2024 Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023 Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings. Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for changeling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
Noun
  • Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On the Blumarine spring 2026 runway in Milan on Friday, models tapped into their inner bohemian-fairy party girl personas with charcoal eyeliner smudged around their eyes, faded hues on their lips and tired waves in their hair.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The special will be made available on Disney+ the following day, and the elves will head to ABC’s shelves later in the season.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And thank the faeries for that.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Popping in for story time and serving goblin snacks on holidays kept me tethered to my clingy girl.
    Nancy Prentice, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Some say the cave system would have connected the goblins from Hopkinsville to Hellier.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some trolls were naturally left confused by the choice as most of the Grammy winner’s songs are in Spanish.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Kate debuted with blonde hair and was immediately met with troll comments.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There's also the light fixtures decorated with gnomes, plaster figurines of knights and other medieval figures, and wrought iron decorations created by Cyril Colnik − whose work also can be seen at Milwaukee's Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Linda-Marie Barrett is a writer, editor, and steward of a whimsical garden guarded by gnomes.
    Linda-Marie Barrett September 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The singer’s textured pixie, which was cut shorter in the back, had face-framing sideburns and curls that narrowly avoided being called bangs, is hard to miss, and now, just in time for fall, has been reintroduced on the front row.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, her hair was trimmed in a shaggy pixie cut; the front just barely holding on to the top of her forehead.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t worry, there are plenty of other tasty options on the catering menu including Cool Wrap Trays, fresh salads, creamy Mac & Cheese and even breakfast trays like Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Minis, plus fruit, brownie and cookie trays for an easy sweet treat option.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Kids can also expand their repertoire with assorted refill mixes of pizza and sprinkle brownies, sold separately.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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