as in institution
a person who has long been associated with a place or activity
has been a fixture in the Republican Party for the last 30 years
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Tommy’s house has been a fixture on the show this season.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
Pierced clothing is a fashion fixture from the high-end brands like Schiaparelli to the more accessible Miista.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2025
Bringing a large fixture with a metal structure and rattan fabric as a finishing element will, on its own, be an incredible piece of decor.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
With action springing from the investigation of a high school girl’s mysterious murder in a Washington lumber mill town, the weekly ABC show plumbed disquieting, theretofore taboo subject matter and made the inexplicable a fixture of modern narrative television.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
Pierced clothing is a fashion fixture from the high-end brands like Schiaparelli to the more accessible Miista.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2025
Bringing a large fixture with a metal structure and rattan fabric as a finishing element will, on its own, be an incredible piece of decor.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
With action springing from the investigation of a high school girl’s mysterious murder in a Washington lumber mill town, the weekly ABC show plumbed disquieting, theretofore taboo subject matter and made the inexplicable a fixture of modern narrative television.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Fixture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixture. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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