nix
Frequently Asked Questions
- My mom nixed my plans of staying up late to watch a horror movie.
- The board nixed the policy proposal without even taking any comments on it.
- At first, we were going to paint it, but we decided to nix that idea.
Example Sentences
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Lawyers for the companies have already vowed to appeal, insisting that they can persuade higher courts to nix these awards as a misapplication of the law.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Will he bow to US pressure to nix a project to link China and Chile across the Pacific via an undersea fiber optic cable?
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Think of travel insurance in two parts: There’s trip-cancellation insurance, which, as the name implies, offers protection in case you need to nix a trip before the fact — say, for medical reasons.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s powerful vaccine advisory panel voted to nix the decades-old birth-dose recommendation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
The Latin for snowflake is nix, almost the same as the German for nothing.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Of course, none of this nixes his laughable lowlights, nor his misplaced you’ll see defiance.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
The Gap nixes Exchange Act derivative claims via forum selection - 9th Circ.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023
She also says IAP isn’t a standalone product, so Apple isn’t illegally tying it to the App Store, which nixes two more Sherman and Cartwright Act claims.
From The Verge ● Sep. 12, 2021
The Vegan ETF nixes fossil fuel companies, but it still owns stock in automakers that make gas-powered vehicles with leather interiors.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
She is more dangerous than the nixes: the snares which they laid for their victims were cobwebs, compared to the one she is weaving for you.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various
A training camp that had been fixed in Tucson, Arizona, was nixed at the last minute, with Iran setting up instead in Tijuana, just over the Mexican border.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Friends and family assumed I would also retire to New York, but current tax rates nixed those plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Assuming that neither company nixed the agreement, Anthropic could pay SpaceX up to $45 billion over three years.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Though the entire season had been taped, ABC nixed the premiere, and “Secret Lives” also paused production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Rishi had considered bringing a long-stemmed flower—he knew this wasn’t a date, so maybe a carnation rather than a rose?—but had nixed it at the last moment.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Just a few days earlier, U.S. regulators proposed nixing rules requiring manual brake pedals in autonomous vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
This has resulted in the FDA moving trial standards and nixing drugs for arbitrary reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Kennedy, decided earlier this month, Justices Carlos Samour and Richard Gabriel “specially concurred” to advocate nixing the per se grave or serious shortcut.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
We insisted on meeting any potential pet in person, nixing that option.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
For the next four days it snowed, nixing any chance for a flight.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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