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nixie

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Recent Examples of nixie This full function clock created by electronico is crafted from vintage nixie tubes. Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
Noun
  • While details of Gatwa’s character are not yet known, Erivo’s Jayne is described as a trailblazing fairy whose defiant streak sparks a rebellion.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Her younger sister, meanwhile, was dressed as a purple fairy.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a Redwall vibe to the third installment, as fan-favorite rattkin Fern gets carried away on an impromptu adventure involving a chaos-goblin who holds a bounty tempting enough for all the ne’er-do-wells to try and collect on.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The electric vehicle company is rolling out a seasonal theme as a part of its software update that's made for ghouls, goblins and things that go bump in the night.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Children must abide by the rules for keeping the elves at home.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The elves were then given away, and handfuls have been on display in various locations in the following decades.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The motif of changelings—of fairies taking a human child and leaving a nonhuman child in its place—comes up throughout the story.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Fernandez was raised in Pittsburgh by adoptive parents, also little people, who’d met at an annual meeting of Little People of America.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Mickey books him into a residency at the swanky Wynn Casino, passing the whole thing off as part of his newfound interest in giving back to the little people, not his bone-deep interest in looking out for himself.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His book revisits infamous episodes like when an online troll used the site to falsely implicate journalist John Seigenthaler in the Kennedy assassinations.
    Harry Booth, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
  • So when thinking about art choices for the development, Ficken said Dambo’s trolls made sense.
    Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And thank the faeries for that.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Heeler family home is recreated in uncanny detail—from Bandit’s armchair to the backyard barbecue—with interactive games (led by a cheeky garden gnome named Rhonda), music, and secret nooks that delight kids and grown-ups.
    Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Our love of gnomes is no secret, and a set of ten might just be enough for a holiday fix.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Nixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixie. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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