as in elf
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
Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
And then Justin came in and sprinkled fairy dust on it all.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
But also fey and fairies and blah blah blah.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
But the anguished mother cursed the fairy for the loss of her sons, and her wails of despair echoed from mountaintop to mountaintop.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The color-changing micro fairy LEDs were incredibly easy to activate.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Erivo will voice Jayne Staplegun, a trailblazing fairy whose defiant streak sparks a rebellion.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Dressed as a hot pink fairy, Alexa Bowers brought a drawing of Roan to give to the pop star.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
Her younger sister, meanwhile, was dressed as a purple fairy.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
And then Justin came in and sprinkled fairy dust on it all.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
But also fey and fairies and blah blah blah.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
But the anguished mother cursed the fairy for the loss of her sons, and her wails of despair echoed from mountaintop to mountaintop.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The color-changing micro fairy LEDs were incredibly easy to activate.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Erivo will voice Jayne Staplegun, a trailblazing fairy whose defiant streak sparks a rebellion.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Dressed as a hot pink fairy, Alexa Bowers brought a drawing of Roan to give to the pop star.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy
Noun
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The hanging fireplace, seemingly lit by house elves, pairs nicely with the gratis bottles of spirits and Chilean wine.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lamenting the state of life in a post-pandemic world, Peck offers an alternative to the dismay and disconnection of modernity with a dreamy, escapist country melody that offers to make like the title and simply float off into the distance.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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Smith wasn’t just a dreamy kid.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 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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After a chance encounter on the road, the cheerful dwarf Zoltan Chivay (Danny Woodburn) combines his crew with Geralt’s.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, there is Zoltan (Danny Woodburn), the fan-favorite dwarf with some rather thrilling skills, and several others to round out the already expansive cast.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, its gambit is to inflate the interlude chapters from King’s novel, which trace the town’s cursed history with its resident evil and were omitted from Muschietti’s films.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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The series follows a Louvre art restorer who uncovers a cursed Mesopotamian mask tied to the storm god Baal Phegor, drawing her into a web of disappearances and dark secrets.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The electric vehicle company is rolling out a seasonal theme as a part of its software update that's made for ghouls, goblins and things that go bump in the night.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The hunger-desire gleaming in their eyes brought to mind that poem about goblin men selling goblin fruit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One of those nods was for Linda Blair, who expertly played the possessed little girl.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Since then, she’s been spotted in tousled recession blonde at the 2025 AMAs, a proper banged bob at Cannes, and in one of her latest looks, snake eyes and a superfine pixie cut at the Met Gala.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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Stone, who rocked a daring pixie cut during awards season, has also been making headlines for her style as of late — particularly for opening up about shaving her head for her role in Bugonia.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Fairy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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