as in to end
to come to an end
after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended
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Recent Examples of dead end
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 May 2025
Trust bruises heal slowly, but an escape hatch is better than a dead end.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
Growing up in a duplex on a dead-end street with her sister, Patti, a longtime Hollywood publicist, her upbringing was steeped in the arts, with her father performing for presidents like FDR and at John F. Kennedy’s wedding.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
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Verb
Though Monday’s goose chase ended up leading to a dead end, Swift is famous for teasing things months in advance and leaving Easter eggs for her fans to decode.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 May 2025
Trust bruises heal slowly, but an escape hatch is better than a dead end.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
The available roles may be lower-paying and dead-end jobs people don’t want.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
Growing up in a duplex on a dead-end street with her sister, Patti, a longtime Hollywood publicist, her upbringing was steeped in the arts, with her father performing for presidents like FDR and at John F. Kennedy’s wedding.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead end
Verb
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Then Duran, who woke up at 3 a.m. in Minneapolis to catch a flight to Philadelphia on Friday, ended his day with a four-pitch save — all splinkers — for a 5-4 win against the Detroit Tigers.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Peter Nelson – 7:54 AM | 36 After just five years, Microsoft will end support for low-cost Windows 11 SE Windows 11 SE was made for school laptop fleets where ChromeOS has made inroads.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Noun
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There are many reasons professional golfers have found themselves in need of a win, but few have encountered the dilemma Max Homa currently faces.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The time to plant fall vegetable crops is just around the corner, which often poses a dilemma for gardeners.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Shortly after Braun’s executive order, the Indiana Department of Health told local health departments to stop accepting requests to change genders on birth certificates.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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The roster lacks the kind of player who could credibly try and stop James or Dončić, the kind of player who can free up Austin Reaves from being the primary defender called upon to slow the best backcourt players the Lakers face.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
Noun
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At the close of each semester at my small liberal arts college, students bury themselves in the library, staking out study rooms, flipping through stacks of books and notes, and squinting at laptop screens.—
Moira Gleason,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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Electric vehicle giant Tesla and Google parent Alphabet were the first two of the Magnificent Seven to report earnings after the close.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
Noun
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This residential development will be at the northeast corner of Lannon Road (County Highway Y) and County Line Road (County Highway Q), according to village documents.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
23 July 2025
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That could lead to Johnson, the team’s top cover corner, shadowing the opponent’s top receiver in certain matchups.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
Verb
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However, the chance to get together in person with club members was halted that March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
28 July 2025
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First, income convergence between Black and white Americans largely halted.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Among road games for Carty’s Blue Hens is a trip to Colorado on September 6 and a date at Wake Forest on November 22.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Dead end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20end. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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