niceties

plural of nicety

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of niceties There are other niceties too, like room for luminous tritium vials on a spinning module that should delight eager fidgeters, and the SceptriX's ability to strike up a spark with a separate ferro rod and light a fire. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026 His public utterances will brim with courtly niceties, and with legal and ecclesiastical arcana. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 That last item points to Trump’s disregard for the niceties of government procedure. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Although the history of British colonialism is every bit as violent as the history of slavery, it’s just been papered over with Queen Victoria and niceties. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026 With the trade deadline just six days away, the time for such niceties is over. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 July 2026 No, not the usual idle front-row niceties, but the scorching heat wave that has settled like a dense cloud over the City of Lights. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 24 June 2026 But the word ‘power’ needs to remain prominent when thinking about the niceties of making friends and influencing people. — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 But Biden still kept up the niceties. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for niceties
Noun
  • Get the facts, loop in legal, draft a statement, route it through five layers of approval and release it by end of day.
    — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Those facts do not mean that criminal penalties alone caused Colorado’s worsening trend.
    — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Jackson Hole's first and only ski-in, ski-out ultra-luxury private club and residences, which opened in January 2026, has five-star amenities, personalized service, and accommodations that rival the swishiest rentals.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Davidson Just outside Charlotte and with all the hospital amenities of the nearby metro, Davidson isn’t just for the college students of its namesake university.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Reduce the personal information scammers can access Scammers can collect personal details from people-search websites and data brokers to make their messages more convincing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • This fall, minimalist dressing is in the details and embracing fresh silhouettes.
    — Michel Mejía, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Growing shares of Americans call relative luxuries unaffordable, too.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Adding conveniences, Kohl’s recently went live with Instacart and DoorDash, and will be live with Uber Eats soon.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Four save slots per game and a rewind function introduce a few conveniences that players in 1983 could only have dreamed about.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The result is a growing chasm between how the people building AI think about its benefits and how ordinary Americans think about its costs.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • After all, Kennedy said the benefits of a successful Anthropic listing could extend well into next year.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Niceties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niceties. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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