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
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Poppies and lupines made surprise appearances in January joining more traditional early bloomers like fairy duster and chuparosa.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Native to Central and South American deserts, fairy castle cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus ‘Monstrose’) is a night-blooming cereus that produces white flowers in the summer.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
She got cast as a fairy, her first time in a mainstage Dallas Theater Center production.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes gathered Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Families will find the fairy train running through the trees, and there’s an activities station for children.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hair stylist Jonathan Van Ness, counselor Karamo Brown, chef Antoni Porowski, interior designer Bobby Berk (through season 8; Jeremiah Brent takes over in season 9), and fashion expert Tan France are the fairy godparents dreams are made of.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
AveniaVe installed a small fairy-sized door into the drywall in her daughter's room, where the Tooth Fairy leaves the little presents.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
In podcasts, internet-comment sections, the replies to his viral Instagram videos, and stories from his friends and colleagues, Fleming is described as a Muppet, a fairy, a prophet, a cartoon.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Poppies and lupines made surprise appearances in January joining more traditional early bloomers like fairy duster and chuparosa.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Native to Central and South American deserts, fairy castle cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus ‘Monstrose’) is a night-blooming cereus that produces white flowers in the summer.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
She got cast as a fairy, her first time in a mainstage Dallas Theater Center production.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes gathered Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Families will find the fairy train running through the trees, and there’s an activities station for children.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hair stylist Jonathan Van Ness, counselor Karamo Brown, chef Antoni Porowski, interior designer Bobby Berk (through season 8; Jeremiah Brent takes over in season 9), and fashion expert Tan France are the fairy godparents dreams are made of.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
AveniaVe installed a small fairy-sized door into the drywall in her daughter's room, where the Tooth Fairy leaves the little presents.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy
Noun
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The theft follows a similar incident in December, when members of the same group flooded into a Montreal grocery store dressed as Santa Clause and his elves, stealing food and leaving some of it gift-wrapped under a nearby Christmas tree.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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One of Magnason’s first jobs was at the National Archives of Iceland, where he was surrounded by books about the old Norse gods, colonial histories, and even stories about elves.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The big wedding episode of any television series has to be romantic, epic, and dreamy.—
Juli Weiner,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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Over the past three years, few artists have seen a more stratospheric rise to fame, and her new record rolled out with Barbie-like images of Megan surrounded by a dreamy landscape of pink clouds.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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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Less massive objects tend to have rounder orbits, while the most massive, brown-dwarf-like of these objects vary more in their eccentricity.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The dwarf nana pomegranate is a small shrub that thrives in hotter climates, and will fit into your home as easily as a statuesque tree.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But an item that rare bookseller Peter Harrington brings to the fair holds the answers to the amount of mist, the size and shape of the castle, and much of the cursed landscape in the Kurosawa adaptation of The Scottish Play.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2026
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Every Brilliant Thing, by the way, stars Daniel Radcliffe, filmdom’s not-so-cursed Harry Potter himself.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Meet the goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni), a predator so rare that fewer than 250 individuals have ever been recorded worldwide.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The plot follows a young girl who ends up wishing away her baby brother into the goblin labyrinth.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The story begins with two teens fleeing into the night where one is killed by her possessed mother.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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David Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, an opportunistic host who invites a possessed girl and a child psychologist as his guests for the night in a desperate bid for ratings.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Anything with the words patio, pixie, tiny, compact, baby, or dwarf in the name is a good bet.—
Marie Iannotti,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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From the front, Rabago’s wavy hair aesthetic gave the illusion of a pixie cut.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Fairy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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