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as in refused
to be unwilling to grant
our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis
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as in dismissed
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 rejected
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
the committee nixed the additional expenditures
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Recent Examples of nixed
There were also provisions in the main budget bill (HB 5001E) that tied $91 million in pay increases for corrections officers to the approval of the prisons bill, so those salary hikes are also nixed.
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Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Lightning and downpours caused Centeroo to close for hours during the afternoon, canceling acts including Trombone Shorty, Blondshell and Aly & AJ, who expressed disappointment after having their Bonnaroo set nixed by weather for the second year in a row.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The company has also nixed a loophole in some states that allowed crimes committed in states where the applicant hadn't lived in the past seven years to go undetected.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
But following intense backlash from local communities, lawsuits and leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security, the broader $1 billion-plus plan appears to be nixed.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Those supplemental pension payments were nearly nixed last year because of the yawning budget gap.
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A.d. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
He was nominated to a role on the company's board, but World Liberty nixed the plan after a discussion with Nasdaq, Alt5 said in an SEC filing.
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Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
And when Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of negotiating a peace agreement in Istanbul in March 2022, the United States nixed it.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
Democrats had nixed two Richard Nixon nominations to the Supreme Court and one of Reagan’s, but Antonin Scalia sailed through the Senate 98-0 in 1986, Anthony Kennedy passed on a 97-0 voice vote in 1988.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Lightning and downpours caused Centeroo to close for hours during the afternoon, canceling acts including Trombone Shorty, Blondshell and Aly & AJ, who expressed disappointment after having their Bonnaroo set nixed by weather for the second year in a row.
—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The company has also nixed a loophole in some states that allowed crimes committed in states where the applicant hadn't lived in the past seven years to go undetected.
—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
But following intense backlash from local communities, lawsuits and leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security, the broader $1 billion-plus plan appears to be nixed.
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Those supplemental pension payments were nearly nixed last year because of the yawning budget gap.
—
A.d. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
He was nominated to a role on the company's board, but World Liberty nixed the plan after a discussion with Nasdaq, Alt5 said in an SEC filing.
—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
And when Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of negotiating a peace agreement in Istanbul in March 2022, the United States nixed it.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
Democrats had nixed two Richard Nixon nominations to the Supreme Court and one of Reagan’s, but Antonin Scalia sailed through the Senate 98-0 in 1986, Anthony Kennedy passed on a 97-0 voice vote in 1988.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixed
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He's refused to sign the bipartisan legislation until Congress passes a voting restrictions bill called the SAVE America Act.
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But both Mamdani and his police commissioner have repeatedly refused to discuss the nature of the event — angering some nearby business owners and raising questions about the use of public resources to cover private security.
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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
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The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors rejected those findings.
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In May, the EEOC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times alleging discrimination against a white male employee, which the Times has rejected as politically motivated.
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Then multiple states filed lawsuits alleging the agency failed to conduct proper environmental reviews, which DHS denied.
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The band had been denied the opportunity to perform during Haiti’s pre-World Cup friendly against Peru, despite the presence of a Peruvian band.
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This year, lawmakers agreed to allocate $15 million for security for Jewish schools — funding that was not vetoed in the final budget.
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Two days before the city fell, Emirati officials reportedly vetoed any mention of El Fasher at a Washington meeting.
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The location for the bronze statue on the Wimbledon grounds hasn't been announced and Williams-Ellis declined to offer specifics about the pose.
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In doing so, Valdez, like fellow successful DSA New York Congressional candidate Avila Chevalier, declined to endorse Jeffries as minority leader or even Speaker if the Democrats take back the House.
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Historians estimate that the North American epidemic killed at least 100,000 to 130,000 people over several years.
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Wednesday marked one year since an explosion at a Northern California fireworks facility killed seven workers and changed the lives of their families forever.
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“Nixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nixed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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