nixing

verb

present participle of nix
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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3
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 Li ended up cutting 100,000 of them – the equivalent of nixing a whole novel. — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026 One thing Alvarez absolutely does not want to discuss is his pursuit of history, nixing almost all questions about the Triple Crown. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors this week unveiled a new indictment against the man accused of igniting last year’s deadly fire in the Palisades, nixing one of the three original charges and revising the other two after a mistrial in federal court this summer. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The opponents of the rule change have argued that nixing the cap would accelerate media consolidation, trigger rounds of layoffs, shrink the pool of independent station owners and limit viewpoint diversity on the airwaves. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026 Better yet, its blurring benefits remain intact for hours post-application, nixing the need to touch up throughout the day. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 June 2026 There are vacant lots and empty buildings in town where new housing could be built, but residents, defensive of their property values, keep nixing new development. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 More Flexibility As Hovis points out, adding native plants to your garden isn’t about nixing non-native plants entirely. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 6 June 2026 The final organized team activities will take place Friday, with Shanahan nixing next week’s mandatory minicamp as a reward for players’ participation (and perhaps to avoid next week’s final World Cup preparations at Levi’s Stadium). — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixing
  1. rejecting
  2. dismissing
  3. refusing
  4. denying
  5. vetoing
  6. declining
  7. killing
  8. ignoring
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  • Unlike municipalities Uthmeier threatened after rejecting the agreements, these local governments have not formally accepted or rejected a 287(g) collaboration.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • And filmmakers building outside Hollywood’s traditional gates aren’t rejecting the business.
    — Chaseedaw Giles, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of rejecting
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  • In September, Judge Jonathan Medema ordered a stay of the civil case so the two sides could work to resolve the dispute without dismissing the case.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The court granted that request, entering judgment for the United States on Count III of the government’s complaint and dismissing the remaining counts as moot.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • They were called in when some individuals were refusing to leave and laying down, blocking an exit.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Their lawyers spoke about the police refusing to reveal their location.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of refusing
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  • Her husband, Conor, has gone on the record denying any involvement in her death.
    — Kelsie Cairns , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The latter predicts a single universe by denying the universal validity of Schrödinger’s equation.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of denying
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  • Affordable housing The two candidates have clashed on the issue of high housing costs and local zoning authority with Lamont signing an affordable housing bill after vetoing an earlier version.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In her speech, Strada criticized President Barack Obama for vetoing JASTA.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of vetoing
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  • Chinese firms have been suffering from declining profit growth amid intense competition that has eroded margins and even invited the government to step in.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • While program closures at colleges and universities often result from declining enrollment or a financial crisis, our decisions at Valencia are driven by neither.
    — Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of declining
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  • Earlier this week, missiles fired by the Houthis struck a residential area in Taiz, killing two teenage girls and renewing attention on the dangers faced by civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Russia's aerial attacks hit 12 regions of Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and wounding scores of others, including five children, Zelenskyy said on social media Thursday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of killing
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  • Cameron Berg, who founded the nonprofit Reciprocal Research to study the potential for AI consciousness, argues that ignoring the question could carry its own dangers.
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
  • With nearly 70% of listeners now consuming video podcasts, treating an interview as just a microphone chat means ignoring how your audience actually consumes content.
    — Victoria Usher, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ignoring

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