fixings
Britishplural noun
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apparatus or equipment
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accompaniments for a dish; trimmings
Example Sentences
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However, they added that a rapid strengthening for the yuan, also known as the renminbi, remains unlikely as authorities have consistently signaled restraint by setting recent fixings at weaker levels than market expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
And while inflation traders expect the annual headline CPI rate to peak at 2.8% in May, they also see it drifting below that level through year-end, based on derivative-like instruments known as fixings.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
Gilberto, now with a clean cut, ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, gravy, rolls and other fixings outside the mission on a warm fall day.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Chief content officer Erin Keane’s local Mexican spot, El Nopal, serves such generous portions that she’s often left with rice, beans and fixings.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025
All kinds of snacks and drinks were set out on the counter, including caviar, champagne, and the fixings to make ice cream sundaes.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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