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Recent Examples of naiad
Today, the naiads frolic in water that is periodically drained for cleaning and maintenance.
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David Laskin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
And now, as played with fierce physicality and grueling commitment by Annette Bening, Diana is a movie character: an impossible person who achieved the impossible, a naiad whose truer mythological counterpart might be Narcissus.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Leighton set his youthful figure — a classical nymph or naiad — in a Mediterranean setting.
—Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
The lovely Arcadia region, lush with cypress, poplar, and olive groves, bears traces of the virgin wilderness where nymphs, naiads, and the horned god Pan once frolicked.
—Thomas Linkel, National Geographic, 18 July 2019
David Laskin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
And now, as played with fierce physicality and grueling commitment by Annette Bening, Diana is a movie character: an impossible person who achieved the impossible, a naiad whose truer mythological counterpart might be Narcissus.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Leighton set his youthful figure — a classical nymph or naiad — in a Mediterranean setting.
—Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
The lovely Arcadia region, lush with cypress, poplar, and olive groves, bears traces of the virgin wilderness where nymphs, naiads, and the horned god Pan once frolicked.
—Thomas Linkel, National Geographic, 18 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naiad
Noun
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The business’ meat department was closed after health inspectors found five cockroach eggs and one live German cockroach nymph inside a paper towel dispenser.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
February 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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If females are laying lots of eggs and the larvae that hatch are finding blood meals, then the table may be set the following year for more nymph-stage ticks, the poppy-seed-sized ones that are difficult to spot.—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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People often submerse themselves in water to ease their suffering, allowing the worm to release larva that then infect others.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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The larva of the insect can burrow into the flesh of living mammals like cows and horses, and can be deadly.—
CBS Texas Staff,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The name Madison gained popularity after the mermaid in Splash named herself after Madison Avenue.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
20 Feb. 2026
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Pearl appliqués, a milky white base, 3D seashell designs, and reflective lavender chrome make this a manicure fit for a mermaid.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In Ovid’s version of the story, after cutting down a sacred oak, Erysichthon is cursed with insatiable hunger by the dryad nymph who inhabited it.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Having regained his health, Geralt heads off with Jaskier and the dryad Milva to find Ciri, following a little skirmish with some power-mad guards.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
27 July 2023
Cite this Entry
“Naiad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naiad. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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