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Recent Examples of changeling
Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
Noun
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Kelsey recently began selling her wreath attachments — such as big-eyed felt bunnies for Easter, and elves and snowmen for Christmas — in her Etsy store, Peppermint Sue’s Perfections.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Past racial tension between elves and humans is all but ignored in the plot.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The ensuing internet imbroglio was predictable — right-wing culture warriors including Piers Morgan and Bari Weiss took Adichie’s side, while trolls harassed her detractors.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some longtime trolls on the right have grown more aggressive and offensive as their ideas have made their way closer to the party’s mainstream.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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First, advent calendars; then gnomes; then the tree; and then Christmas itself.—
Andrew Solomon,
New York Times,
15 Dec. 2024
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Sign up for Target Circle More:Target has up to 65% off artificial Christmas trees, gnome decor, ornaments and more 9.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA TODAY,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Earlier this year, Fox, who is known for her unconventional looks, appeared at the Jan. 16 New York premiere of her upcoming movie Presence in a fresh new pixie cut inspired by Jim Carrey's famous alter ego Ace Ventura.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The actress’ recent pixie cut was shaped into a sleek style with a side part by Mara Roszak.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Customers who walk through the doors are greeted with the sweet smell of cinnamon rolls, cookies, brownies, kolaches, muffins and other baked goods on Andersen’s rotating menu.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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Those sites are cafe/bakery stores that sell artisan breads, pastries inspired by Kluger’s mother’s recipes, cookies, brownies, breakfast sandwiches, lunch sandwiches, salads, soups, and coffee drinks.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The leprechaun suit stayed because that’s how fandom functions.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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American Indians believed in supernatural beings — forest dwellers — who lived in caves, not unlike the Irish leprechauns.—
Diane Owens Prettyman,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Mar. 2024
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“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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