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elf

[elf] / ɛlf /
NOUN
small, fairytale character
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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How could it be that the elf in a button-down shirt now looked like someone’s cool bisexual cousin!

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Sharon Osbourne’s son, Jack, was scrolling online last November when he came across a website selling a Christmas elf with the face of his father, Ozzy Osbourne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We’re in an elf rally, but we’re on our way to a Santa Claus rally,” said Chris Hyzy of Bank of America Private Bank during an interview Wednesday with CNBC.

From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025

Vitale’s elaborate Santa costume, including his 130-year-old strand of brass sleigh bells and hand-carved belt, were all destroyed in the fire, along with LaCasella’s handmade green-and-red felt elf shoes and vest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

It all looked so peaceful—but to stop at any of these places would mean almost certain death for an elf like Brangwain Spurge.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Some of my favorite comics are also experts on elves and superheroes.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026

You can watch our soldiers rappel out of one of the Seahawks just like Santa’s elves.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The family only realised there had been a mix-up when he appeared with classmates dressed as elves, Jade said.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Brownies at that time was a strange organization in which the girls were divided into groups named after different kinds of fairies—pixies, elves and gnomes were the groups in our outfit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

From there we watch as people dressed like snowflakes, like elves, like rabbits, like sugar plum fairies, march past us, strangely truncated because we’re looking down on them.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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