niche
noun
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
niches
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pluralof niche.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof niche (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
nichenounan ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
Example Sentences
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In particular, competition with early small mammals could have prevented dinosaurs from moving into the mouse-sized and sparrow-sized niches that are filled by many vertebrates today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
As demand for apartment scouts grows, Scanlon says she hopes others get involved, tackling different niches and neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
It is spending real money, building policy around the full cost of child rearing, and in doing so, creating a new set of investible niches.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Renting out hardware will also allow Oracle to expand into higher-margin niches such as sovereign cloud, which involves building localized data centers for national governments.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
The guards smiled at him from their niches as he wound his way down the turret stair, carrying the sword in his good hand.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
