nixes

present tense third-person singular of nix
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as in dismisses
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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Recent Examples of nixes Fishers nixes plans for another Allisonville roundabout after crash spike at 96th Street circle Noblesville has dominated Indiana soccer for years. John Tufts, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixes
Verb
  • If the judge denies the defense motion, the court would then move toward scheduling Trauernicht’s trial.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The union denies having any role in the slowdown of the nation's airspace in 2019.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each side dismisses the other's contention.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Trump dismisses Republican mayoral hopeful as Giuliani allies support Cuomo.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Mun-ju refuses to leave him.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Or, maybe someone who currently lives with you refuses to take ownership of perpetuating the mess downstairs.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • International pressure on Israel to end the war is increasing, with a growing list of countries deciding recently to recognize Palestinian statehood, which Israel rejects.
    WAFAA SHURAFA, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
  • When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As plastic waste clogs rivers, kills marine life and threatens human health, many leaders of countries, communities and forward-looking companies are working on ways to stem the tide of plastic pollution.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement In the quest to lure out Iblis, Khalid kills Ka-young’s grandmother, who dies protecting Min-ji.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fox News showed year-over-year viewership growth in the September ratings, while CNN and MSNBC saw significant audience declines.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If either side declines to pick up their side of the option, as seems likely, Steer and the left-handed-hitting Will Benson could form a platoon in left field to replace Hays, with TJ Friedl in center and Noelvi Marte in right.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The data analysis also ignores injuries and property destruction in non-fatal attacks as measures of political violence.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But his mother constantly overshares, has no privacy filters on her accounts and ignores our requests to avoid posting our children’s names or our birthdays.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Nixes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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