as in institution
a person who has long been associated with a place or activity
has been a fixture in the Republican Party for the last 30 years
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Recent Examples of fixture
These transitions have wrought a new relationship to impermanence, and to the meaning of both family and home, installing grief as a permanent fixture in my life and making even my parents’ home feel slightly foreign now that my father no longer lives there.
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Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
Years of kitchen use and page-flipping transform a book into a genre fixture.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
The Silicon Labs name, a fixture on Austin’s downtown skyline for two decades, will soon be replaced.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka.
—CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
Years of kitchen use and page-flipping transform a book into a genre fixture.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
The Silicon Labs name, a fixture on Austin’s downtown skyline for two decades, will soon be replaced.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka.
—CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixture
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The fallout from the files has consumed much of the news media in recent weeks, dominating headlines and coverage at major news institutions as journalists and independent creators dig through the files for embarrassing nuggets of association about high-profile individuals.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a recent publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Technical University of Munich and collaborating institutions report the development of a new type of electronic skin designed to help robots detect harmful physical contact.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Cowboys icon said buying in is easier when a player is having a productive year.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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McGrath, the makeup artist, is still an icon.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Fixture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixture. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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