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an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
fairies are part of the folklore of many countries and cultures
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Recent Examples of fairy
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
String fairy lights along the railing, line your steps with lanterns filled with faux candles or add wall sconces beside the door.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Creating a pumpkin fairy village channels a whimsical aesthetic that still screams fall.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The space, outfitted with rugs, colorful beanbags, fairy lights, books and sensory activities, is open to all students during recess and used for counseling groups and one-on-one sessions during the day.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
The fairy houses – known as domus de janas in Sardinian – date back over 5,000 years to the late Neolithic and Copper Age.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
From dreamy fairy shimmer that feels perfect for date night, to sultry wine tones that look just right wrapped around a glass of merlot at Sunday dinner, these nails are setting the mood for the season.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Incurring the wrath of the fairy folk for spilling milk, that’s what.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
String fairy lights along the railing, line your steps with lanterns filled with faux candles or add wall sconces beside the door.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Creating a pumpkin fairy village channels a whimsical aesthetic that still screams fall.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The space, outfitted with rugs, colorful beanbags, fairy lights, books and sensory activities, is open to all students during recess and used for counseling groups and one-on-one sessions during the day.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
The fairy houses – known as domus de janas in Sardinian – date back over 5,000 years to the late Neolithic and Copper Age.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
From dreamy fairy shimmer that feels perfect for date night, to sultry wine tones that look just right wrapped around a glass of merlot at Sunday dinner, these nails are setting the mood for the season.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Incurring the wrath of the fairy folk for spilling milk, that’s what.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy
Noun
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And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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But the Nespresso Aeroccino 4 struggled to give me those dreamy clouds of foam, especially with oat milk.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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The film unfolds in a dreamy, meandering flow, following Mark around the world and into his home, gliding from the pressures of the octagon (where MMA athletes duke it out) to scenes of more quotidian domesticity.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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Some say the cave system would have connected the goblins from Hopkinsville to Hellier.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The three cursed housemates were sent to the Exit Room, where their fate would be decided.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These two dwarf galaxies orbit the Milky Way at distances of 163,000 and 200,000 light-years, respectively, moving through our galaxy's outer halo of hot gas not too dissimilar, but on a much smaller scale, from the Virgo Cluster's halo of hot gas.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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While some amaranth varieties, like the colorful ‘Burgundy Amaranth,’ are too tall for most planters, dwarf amaranths like ‘Globe Amaranth’ or ‘Pygmy’s Torch’ are the perfect size for pots.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Nun pops out of a wall, a demon appears on a bed, crosses start to spin, a possessed figure scampers across the ceiling and a man with an axe cornered me in a random closet.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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As possessed people speak in foreign tongues and violence rises, Ahmed fears regaining memory, while the disciple fears his master’s decline may unleash an ancient evil.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Fairy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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