1
as in to refuse
to be unwilling to grant
our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis
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2
as in to dismiss
to reject by or as if by a vote
movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort
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as in to reject
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nix
And when Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of negotiating a peace agreement in Istanbul in March 2022, the United States nixed it.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
Some fans spoke to CBS News New York about the decision to nix the Game 3 watch party outside the Garden.
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Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Democrats had nixed two Richard Nixon nominations to the Supreme Court and one of Reagan’s, but Antonin Scalia sailed through the Senate 98-0 in 1986, Anthony Kennedy passed on a 97-0 voice vote in 1988.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
More Flexibility As Hovis points out, adding native plants to your garden isn’t about nixing non-native plants entirely.
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Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
Some fans spoke to CBS News New York about the decision to nix the Game 3 watch party outside the Garden.
—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Democrats had nixed two Richard Nixon nominations to the Supreme Court and one of Reagan’s, but Antonin Scalia sailed through the Senate 98-0 in 1986, Anthony Kennedy passed on a 97-0 voice vote in 1988.
—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
More Flexibility As Hovis points out, adding native plants to your garden isn’t about nixing non-native plants entirely.
—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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While prosecution witnesses have refused to delineate between the Lachman and Palisades blazes, Haney has repeatedly described them as two distinct incidents that ignited days apart.
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After a May debate, Smullen refused to shake his opponent's hand.
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The firms asked the judge to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing Uber had failed to prove fraud.
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Delta denied this in its legal response, seeking to dismiss the case.
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Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez rejected those motions.
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Goldman has drawn criticism for refusing to reject support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group.
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.
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Achraf Hakimi, Morocco’s superstar captain, was denied by Gunn after receiving a similar entry pass from Diaz, then zipped a shot from outside the box straight at the Scotland keeper.
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State lawmakers have stepped back from earlier, wider-ranging attempts to regulate AI that were vetoed or otherwise derailed by governors who viewed the measures as too onerous toward the industry’s development, including efforts to hold developers accountable for bias in AI systems.
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Under Lee’s proposal, the mayor would replace the administrator in overseeing most of the local government’s department heads, while also being able to veto not just legislation but specific line items in city’s two-year budget.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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The Padres declined comment for this column.
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Los Angeles police Friday released bodycam footage of an officer killing a woman’s pet dog in a case that has sparked outrage and questions.
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The Israeli strikes killed five people around the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, according to the official news agency NNA, and the army said a soldier was along the victims.
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Price is where almost every search starts, and the difference between countries is hard to ignore.
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By the time the sponsor wants to sell, the buyer sees what the sponsor ignored.
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“Nix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nix. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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