1
as in rejecting
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 dismissing
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 refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nixing
Former Vice President and presidential nominee Kamala Harris accused North Carolina election officials of limiting voting rights by nixing a polling site on the campus of a historically Black university while speaking in Charlotte on Tuesday.
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Mary Ramsey
april 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Ferguson initially came out against the measure in October, nixing the idea months before the House passed the measure.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
As a result, the Scandinavian producer can make textile fiber(s) from wood pulp or waste inputs—think leather, textiles and agricultural crop waste — thereby nixing the traditional chemical-dissolution route for viscose and lyocell production.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oil prices have gotten so high that traders are nixing bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates even once this year.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The benefit of nixing the league’s expansion draft is that every player signed by Denver for this first season wants to be in Denver.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The funding cuts did not appear to have affected the military’s funding for the war — though DOGE did propose nixing some programs at the Pentagon.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Crosby failed a physical, which ended up nixing the trade, a source told The Associated Press.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Mary Ramsey
april 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Ferguson initially came out against the measure in October, nixing the idea months before the House passed the measure.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The mission was designed to orbit and then land on the moon, but one of its oxygen tanks exploded en route, nixing that plan.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
As a result, the Scandinavian producer can make textile fiber(s) from wood pulp or waste inputs—think leather, textiles and agricultural crop waste — thereby nixing the traditional chemical-dissolution route for viscose and lyocell production.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oil prices have gotten so high that traders are nixing bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates even once this year.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The benefit of nixing the league’s expansion draft is that every player signed by Denver for this first season wants to be in Denver.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The funding cuts did not appear to have affected the military’s funding for the war — though DOGE did propose nixing some programs at the Pentagon.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Crosby failed a physical, which ended up nixing the trade, a source told The Associated Press.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixing
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Washington and some other states, however, started rejecting licensure applicants or revoking nurses with diplomas from those schools even before the investigation was made public.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Some families are also rejecting the eye ointment.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Federal lawyers said judges made mistakes in dismissing the cases by arguing the Civil Rights Act granted the attorney general access to local voting records.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Quit dismissing them as uneducated.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Strickland then mocked Chimaev for refusing to fight in the parking lot.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Baldoni later accused a trio of other insurers of breach of contract for refusing to cover litigation costs.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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Instead, a top Justice Department official insisted the ruling wasn't binding, and the administration continued denying detainees around the country a chance for release.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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Instead, a top Justice Department official insisted the ruling wasn’t binding, and the administration continued denying detainees around the country a chance for release.—
Sudhin Thanawala,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Bass has been aligned with the union on a number of issues, supporting the hiring of more cops, signing off on higher police salaries and vetoing a ballot proposal to let Police Chief Jim McDonnell fire officers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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But vetoing the bill outright, rather than working to refine it, sends the wrong message — and leaves a gaping hole in protections that are urgently needed.—
Elliot Cosgrove,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bass defended her administration’s handling of homelessness, pointing to declining homelessness counts and the city’s Inside Safe program, while criticizing Raman’s record on police hiring and past votes against some encampment enforcement measures near schools and other sensitive sites.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Poverty, lack of transportation to school and mental health struggles contribute to absenteeism and declining enrollment across San Diego County.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The coastal Georgia man arrested in 2018 and accused of torturing, killing and burying his two teenage children in the backyard of the family’s mobile home will spend the rest of his life behind bars after reaching a plea deal.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors accused the trust, which convinced a federal district judge to order a temporary pause in construction, of ignoring claims that the project is needed to bolster national security.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But three days after withdrawing the lawsuit, Florida sued CMS for a third time, accusing the federal agency of ignoring the state’s public records request related to CMS’ approval of the KidCare expansion.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Nixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixing. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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