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as in mermaid
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors
she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories
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as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor
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Recent Examples of nymph
The females give birth to nymphs without mating, and these nymphs rapidly mature into adults (in about 10 days).
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Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
The title of the show is in reference to the mythical nymph whose voice could only repeat others, which Simkin explores as a parallel for the dancers to repeat choreographic instruction.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 12 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, along his journey, Odysseus encounters iconic figures from Greek mythology, including the nymph Calypso, the sorceress Circe and the goddess Athena, all while striving to reunite with his family.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
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Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
The title of the show is in reference to the mythical nymph whose voice could only repeat others, which Simkin explores as a parallel for the dancers to repeat choreographic instruction.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 12 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, along his journey, Odysseus encounters iconic figures from Greek mythology, including the nymph Calypso, the sorceress Circe and the goddess Athena, all while striving to reunite with his family.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
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The Orlando Boat Show also features a trout pond for young visitors, performances from Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel, a pirate magician and mermaid stilt walkers.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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An artist airbrushed tattoos of mermaids and butterflies on torsos and biceps.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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People often submerse themselves in water to ease their suffering, allowing the worm to release larva that then infect others.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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The larva of the insect can burrow into the flesh of living mammals like cows and horses, and can be deadly.—
CBS Texas Staff,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The dominance of the Montverde girls soccer team was obvious throughout the 2025-26 season and it’s certainly reflected in this year’s Sentinel All-Area soccer selections, as nine Eagles players made this list.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Ovid’s version of the story, after cutting down a sacred oak, Erysichthon is cursed with insatiable hunger by the dryad nymph who inhabited it.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Having regained his health, Geralt heads off with Jaskier and the dryad Milva to find Ciri, following a little skirmish with some power-mad guards.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
27 July 2023
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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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