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niches 1 of 2

noun

plural of niche
1
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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2
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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3
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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niches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of niche
as in plants

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Recent Examples of niches
Noun
Wall niches display fragrances, books and Crivelli’s found items, such as bark or a feather he’s collected during travels. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 Some niches within the trucking sector benefit more than others. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026 According to the team, each of those characteristics plays out similarly in real fish of various sizes across different ecological niches. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 Taiwanese companies now dominate niches from power supplies to chip packaging and cooling systems, allowing global customers to mix and match suppliers while keeping production flexible. — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Specialty and mid-market firms make their own data-rich maps to anchor defensible niches. — Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Options like checkerboard, penny tile, and fish-scale work in small areas like niches, floors, and accent walls. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 16 Aug. 2026 Family members sometimes leave jewelry and other sentimental items inside the niches with those remains. — Wpec Staff, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026 Use a longer stream to guide visitors to secret niches and resting spots. — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for niches
  1. alcoves
  2. places
  3. habitats
  4. plants
  5. grooves
  6. homes
  7. flops
  8. jobs
Noun
  • Incorporating antique finds, greenery, and utilizing your home’s quirky features, like alcoves and nooks, are just a few of the ways your home is set apart from the rest on the block.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Inside, antique art hangs on walls, tamgroute (local pottery) lines small alcoves, board games are stacked inside cupboards, and coffee table books have plenty to dive into.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of alcoves
Noun
  • That breadth matters because a healthy theater community needs places where smaller companies don’t carry the price or expectations of Broadway shows.
    — Brian Beirne, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • While both places are effective options, the research suggests that the upper butt takes the lead.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of places
Noun
  • Starting in the nineteen-seventies, Stanley and his colleagues have been sounding the alarm on the vulnerability of shorebirds and working to protect key habitats, such as Alaska’s Copper River Delta.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The organizations' research also found that expanding deforestation linked to biomass production could impact undisturbed forests that serve as critical habitats for vulnerable and endangered species such as tarsiers, endemic buffalo and pigs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of habitats
Verb
  • The club also plants and maintains various Naperville gardens, including Paw Paw Garden at Naper Settlement, Veterans Garden, Blue Star Marker Garden, and the garden and planters at the DuPage Children’s Museum and Trinity House.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Standing at two hours and 30 minutes, along with a 15-minute intermission, the narrative plants you in the middle of a world of ironies.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of plants
Noun
  • The conclusion of Dancing With the Stars season 35’s two-night premiere pitted the celebrity cast’s eight female contenders against each other in a battle of grooves.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For the first time, the crown’s signature protective bridge sports parallel grooves cut into the inner sides.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of grooves
Noun
  • Overlapping features and houses built directly next to one another indicate the settlement developed in two phases, officials said — with its footprint shifting as new homes were constructed.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Zumthor’s discussion of creating inner security and safety for me immediately evokes for me the specter of its opposite, the unsafe spaces, the spaces of destruction, the homes flattened in Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of homes
Verb
  • In Bait, Ahmed stars as struggling actor Shah Latif, who flops in his audition to play James Bond and then becomes consumed by the quest to become the first Pakistani 007.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Starter addition flops Last season’s trade deadline wound up being a big flop.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of flops
Noun
  • Cabot expects the projects to support manufacturing and construction jobs while creating additional capacity for customers operating in the North American battery supply chain.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This period included a plan to cut 200 jobs in 2024, though Channel 4’s average employee numbers only fell by 67 roles during that year.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of jobs

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“Niches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niches. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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