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as in alcoves
a hollowed-out space in a wall
statues of various saints occupy the niches lining the abbey's many corridors
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as in places
a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited
after several false starts, she finally found her niche in the restaurant business
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as in habitats
the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found
the platypus's niche is the waters of eastern Australia and Tasmania
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Recent Examples of niches
Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Several with ties to D-FW — including Fuller, Austin Elrod and Landon Goesling (TheLinkU), Jonathan Hoeflinger (Athletic Estate) and Ethan Barr (PlayerData) — have either founded or work for companies carving out unique niches in a chaotic industry.
—Eric Prisbell, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Part of that is the internet's spread away from communal spaces to ever-deeper ideological niches.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
As such, TikTok content niches like #ShowerTok, where users document their several-step shower and body care routines, have soared in popularity.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
Within just two million years of the Great Dying, these animals had already conquered diverse global niches — showing how quickly life rebounded and radiated following the planet’s most severe mass extinction.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The early members of Crocodylomorpha occupied ecological niches that modern crocodiles and alligators abandoned entirely.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Best For Retailers focused on apparel, accessories, and fashion niches with strong visual branding.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, free streamers and FAST channels, including the Roku Channel, Tubi and Pluto TV, have carved sizable niches in the marketplace with a user experience that mimics the channel surfing of 15 or 20 years ago, without a cable or satellite subscription.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
Companies like Acorn, which specializes in British TV, and Crunchyroll, devoted to anime, had built real businesses on niches with passionate fans.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Several with ties to D-FW — including Fuller, Austin Elrod and Landon Goesling (TheLinkU), Jonathan Hoeflinger (Athletic Estate) and Ethan Barr (PlayerData) — have either founded or work for companies carving out unique niches in a chaotic industry.
—Eric Prisbell, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Part of that is the internet's spread away from communal spaces to ever-deeper ideological niches.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
As such, TikTok content niches like #ShowerTok, where users document their several-step shower and body care routines, have soared in popularity.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
Within just two million years of the Great Dying, these animals had already conquered diverse global niches — showing how quickly life rebounded and radiated following the planet’s most severe mass extinction.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The early members of Crocodylomorpha occupied ecological niches that modern crocodiles and alligators abandoned entirely.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Best For Retailers focused on apparel, accessories, and fashion niches with strong visual branding.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, free streamers and FAST channels, including the Roku Channel, Tubi and Pluto TV, have carved sizable niches in the marketplace with a user experience that mimics the channel surfing of 15 or 20 years ago, without a cable or satellite subscription.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for niches
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Guests crunch through colorful seasonal salads, sip from an expansive wine list and dig into chef Alan Sternberg's inventive pasta dishes at snugly cloistered tables in wood and brick alcoves lined with paintings, books and even a handful of typewriters.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, the children’s bunkroom pairs two built-in bunks with two captain’s beds tucked in their own alcoves.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2026
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The discrepancies tended to be largest in lower-income regions, including parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, where there are typically fewer local tide gauges and direct ocean measurements; these places are more reliant on models that perform poorly there.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The fact is that winters used to be colder than this, and in many places in the US, winter is now the fastest-warming season.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Wildflower hot spots are found all over Georgia in diverse habitats — pine and hardwood forests, meadows, wetlands, stream banks, mountain ridges and coves, granite outcrops and others.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Upon entering the Visitor's Center, guests are greeted by life-size models of North Atlantic right whales, dolphins, and manta rays, along with dioramas depicting marshes, sand dunes, and coastal habitats.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Silas quietly, succinctly and secretly plants a piece of information in his pocket, which has great value.—
Max Gao,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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And while these plants welcome pollinators of all kinds, deer don't like to dine on them.—
Michelle Darrisaw,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Then use a microfiber cloth barely dampened with water to wipe the fixture clean, making sure to get into any grooves and crevices.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Dogs have no trouble grabbing and holding onto this ball due to the grooves.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That鈥檚 a jolt to the senators in both parties working on a housing reform bill that鈥檚 now on the floor, which also includes a stab at the president鈥檚 priority of cutting down institutional investors buying up single-family homes.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Firefighters made quick work of a 2-acre brush fire that broke out in a Birdland canyon late Sunday morning, threatening homes and prompting evacuations, authorities said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately for shareholders, the stock grants come with a feature similar to equity options that somewhat reduces Musk’s payday, especially in a case like the one above where the plan flops.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Nov. 2025
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Amina blows her mom a kiss and then flops down in her crib, pretending to be asleep.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Since July, Beijing has tried to curb excessive competition within industries while at the same time making sure jobs are protected.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Despite the explosion of AI creating more tech jobs, competition for those entry-level roles is just as hard.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Niches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niches. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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