Nye
noun
Edgar Wilson Bill Nye, 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
Nye
American
[nahy]
/ naɪ /
nye
British
/ naɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of nye
C15: from Old French ni, from Latin nīdus nest
Example Sentences
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Almendarez did reach out to an expert by asking Nye, who has decades of experience educating the public about what is and isn’t science.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Martin Marietta’s CEO, Ward Nye, pointed out in its statement that the business has “aggregate-like characteristics.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Nye County, which is home to Tonopah, isn’t exactly tree-hugger country — and not just because most of the land is scrub-filled desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Proto-Town founders Josh Farahzad, 26, and Merle Nye, 28, met while attending college at Duke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
After Hickock’s dismissal, Nye and Church crossed the corridor, and looking through the one-way observation window set in the door of the interrogation room, watched the questioning of Perry Smith—a scene visible though not audible.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
A day before New Year’s Eve, she posted on Twitter: “wdym i have to call the restaurants?? pls no i’d rather cook all day for nye than make phone calls.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
The vowels are magnificently mangled, so that “How now, brown cow” sounds like “Hye nye, brine kye.”
From Newsweek ● Jul. 11, 2011
Methynke, alas, that I must be gone To make my rekenynge, and my dettes paye; For I se my tyme is nye spent awaye.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Ekene nke udo—ezigbo nwanne m nye m aka gi.”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
But wherefore stand these murderous Glaves so nye?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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