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changeling

noun

Definition of changeling

as in fairy

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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

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Noun

For the longest time, there was this pretty, ethereal sound, as if a fairy were about to appear before me, but the fairy never appeared.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Traditional string lights offer a familiar, eye-catching glow, while fairy lights create a delicate sparkle that lets your ornaments take center stage.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

Would Azriel, the third and final bad-boy faerie of the Night Court’s royal family, end up with Elain, the unhappy and often forgotten youngest sister of the Night Court’s High Lady, Feyre?

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026

Definition of faerie

Noun

The concept had the goblin going out to a bar, hoping to charm the princess.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of goblin

Noun

Drake has been the punchline in culture many times, but—online trolls be damned—he’s been dressing better than ever.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
And so there is a rabid community of owners and enthusiasts and historians that troll Bring a Trailer and keep track of these things.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of troll

Noun

The Heeler family home is recreated in uncanny detail—from Bandit’s armchair to the backyard barbecue—with interactive games led by a cheeky garden gnome named Rhonda, music, and secret nooks that delight kids and grown-ups.

— Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026
Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of gnome

Noun

Zendaya chopped her hair into a lookalike pixie back in September.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 31 Oct. 2026
Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pixie

Noun

Pick from gummy bears, brownie chunks, M&M’s, marshmallows, and more.

— Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
One of my go-tos is the brand’s fudge brownie mix, which has only six ingredients (plus oil and water) and is sweetened with coconut sugar.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of brownie

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