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fixture

/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/ noun C1
  1. Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing. · The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
  2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
  3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
  4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
  5. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

Plural fixtures

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He has been a fixture therefore all day.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 30 · C1
“A fixture also.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 31 · C1
Consequently, the daily commute became an indelible fixture of the modern lifestyle, inextricably linking personal autonomy to private automobile ownership.
The Asphalt Arteries: How the Interstates Reshaped America, p. 1 · C2

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