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noun

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Recent Examples of dead-end
Verb
The available roles may be lower-paying and dead-end jobs people don’t want. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 This, Wyatt hopes, will nudge designers away from dead-end or unappealing results. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2022
Noun
The energy of the continuous motion is never blockaded by a dead end. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025 Here are some of the trends — and dead ends — that the Associated Press tracked in 2024: WINNERS: WALMART The nation’s largest retailer typically shines during tough times as shoppers turn to the discounter for groceries, which account for 60% of Walmart’s total business. Anne D’innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dead-end
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-end
Verb
  • The goal here is, the only way out to end this war is to negotiate out of it.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Armed with what seemed to be their best opportunity to end a 34-year absence from the big dance, the No. 1 seed Tigers couldn’t keep up with No. 12 seed Delaware’s second-half outburst and fell, 82-72, in a Coastal Athletic Association Tournament semifinal Monday night at CareFirst Arena.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Low gas prices are expected to fuel high road traffic.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ben Colman, co-founder and CEO of Reality Defender, a company specializing in deepfake detection, weighed in on the designer's dilemma.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The political dilemma facing Trump and the Republicans is one that an earlier generation of conservative revolutionaries faced forty-odd years ago.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Don’t stop the agreement that has already brought dozens of hostages back to us.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Often, women would wear the same watch for years, so why did the younger generations ever stop?
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The winter season comes to a close as the spring equinox draws near on March 20.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • As the 2025 awards season comes to a close, the 97th Academy Awards will honor the year’s biggest films, drawing Hollywood’s brightest stars to the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pro Football Focus gave Hobbs an overall grade of 61.4 last season, which ranked 110th out of 223 corners.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Elam was looked at to be a lockdown corner and showed flashes of that during his rookie season with the Bills.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In the days following the press conference, Trump’s administration halted further U.S. aid to Ukraine and also ended intelligence sharing between Washington and Kyiv.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • All live-fire exercises in the current drill were halted until the investigation to determine the exact reason for the accident was finished.
    Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential race, a prominent candidate with national ambitions would face a very tricky road running for new positions in back-to-back election cycles.
    Joshua Spivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In Colorado, transportation officials use avalanche forecasts to assess road safety, including a highway where a slide recently pushed a vehicle off the road.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Dead-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-end. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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