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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
Noun
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The exhibition centers on a film created with generative AI trained on an archive that includes fairy folklore and the Victorian mania for invention.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Her glam team complemented the off-the-shoulder design with ethereal fairy makeup, including rosy pink blush and shimmering eyeshadow.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The bar is decorated with candy canes, stockings, elves, Santas, reindeer, presents and Christmas trees.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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The plush toy monster elves come in many different outfits, colors and themes.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
Noun
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And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Set to debut in the spring of 2026, Varga's new novel — a mix of Holly Black's The Cruel Prince and The Mummy — breathes life into Pakistani faerie mythology and explores how history is actually written.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
2 July 2025
Noun
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One goblin shark was spotted near Jarvis Island (halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands) and the other on the slope of the Tonga Trench southeast of Fiji.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Millie Bobby Brown is coming to her husband's defense after internet trolls call him a bad parent.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Toussaint, a Black British actor, also addressed unpleasant early backlash against his casting from internet trolls.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Visitors also get to play Keepy Uppy, explore a life-sized gnome village, and have interactive adventures in the fairy garden.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
2 Dec. 2025
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Later German statues of gnomes and famous fairytale characters were stationed at points along the trail.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pink styled her blonde hair in her signature pixie cut, framing her face with a rose gold iridescent glam.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 June 2026
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In the heyday of her career, her choppy hair, flat chest, sickly pallor and large darting eyes were a manic pixie dream.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Noun
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These bits of planet are like the nuts and marshmallows in the rocky road brownie.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
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Skip the boxed mix and impress your game day crowd with homemade brownies.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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