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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3
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
Culver City, west of downtown Los Angeles, passed a single-stair ordinance last year to nix the second-stair requirement in certain apartment buildings up to six stories.
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Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is now asking anyone who wants to join his AI5 chip design team to nix the conventional cover letter and résumé in favor of just three short bullet points.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Working at the Post after Bezos nixed its endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024 was an almost painfully perfect microcosm of living in America during that time—for managerial as much as political reasons.
—John Williams, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The state lawmaker raked in the biggest one-day windfall of his campaign after Colbert said CBS ordered him to nix the chat, causing a video to go viral with more than 5 million hits on YouTube.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is now asking anyone who wants to join his AI5 chip design team to nix the conventional cover letter and résumé in favor of just three short bullet points.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Working at the Post after Bezos nixed its endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024 was an almost painfully perfect microcosm of living in America during that time—for managerial as much as political reasons.
—John Williams, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The state lawmaker raked in the biggest one-day windfall of his campaign after Colbert said CBS ordered him to nix the chat, causing a video to go viral with more than 5 million hits on YouTube.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nix
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Points are deducted if kids try to refuse at the last minute.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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This is causing all sorts of interpersonal problems that HR has flatly refused to get involved with.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Then there’s the controversy sparked by celebrity podcasters Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, who dismissed Crockett's Senate bid as pointless.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Amorim was dismissed following a 1-1 draw with Leeds United on January 5 after a breakdown in relations behind the scenes.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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The big man drew a foul inside, sank a baby hook shot, rejected a shot by Suns counterpart Mark Williams and fed a pass to Sam Hauser for a layup.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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These improvements came after Americans rejected soft-on-crime and defund-the-police policies, which resulted in a spike in crime over the previous 4 years.—
Gabe Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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Sources did not deny that the Border Patrol, a part of DHS’s agency Customs and Border Protection, responsible for initially arresting people, had released anyone.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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He was convicted in July after a six-week trial and made two unsuccessful appeals, denied a new trial only a week ago.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Without two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate, the president could simply veto the resolution.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The governor reviews all of the legislation and has seven days to sign or veto a bill.—
Kaitlin Lange,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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As mentioned earlier, Bragg’s office declined to pursue charges of assaulting an officer during an arraignment on Thursday evening.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Shah Alam was offered the opportunity to make a phone call, but declined, and asked to be taken to the location where he was eventually dropped off, the official said.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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In 1983 Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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Salinas did not specify how many people had been killed in the crash and said the cause was being investigated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Visiting boats moor in the bay but keep to the far side, close enough to admire and distant enough to ignore.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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And, presumably, she’s ignored that.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Nix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nix. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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