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the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret
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Recent Examples of quietus
Unfortunately, everything leads to two absurdly contrived twists, and a coda that plays like it was tacked on after preview audiences objected to the apparent quietus of a major character.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021
Joe Leydon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietus
Noun
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 NFL schedule release.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Week 1 Other opening week highlights were announced before the full schedule release on Thursday night.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Notably, the movie omitted the slew of allegations that followed Jackson from the ’90s until his death in 2009.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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Police said no arrests have been made in connection with the death and Grayson’s cause of death has not been determined.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The department found that the discharges can have harmful impacts on marine life, the loss of underwater grasses, topography changes and disruptions to habitats.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Potential measures include design modifications informed by microclimate modeling, greenbelts or parks to buffer heat discharge, and city-level permitting requirements that account for local heat impact, according to the press release.—
Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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Putting words on the page seems too low stakes to get worked up about, and yet the terror of saying something taboo—or just being boring—feels like a terrible fate to most writers.—
David O’Neill,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Amy Dickham, a professor of wildlife conservation at the University of Oxford, questioned the need to focus on Timmy when many other marine animals suffer similar fates or injuries caused by human activity.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Joining me to discuss rising production costs, shifts in viewing preferences, and the demise of one of the pillars of late night television is USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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In the series finale, in which every character meets their demise, Keith owns his own security company but is strangely still physically moving cash around in an armored truck when he is gunned down in the year 2029.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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This would be an entertaining video to show up on your doom scroll late at night, seeing how paint colors can be mixed and matched to present the color of your opponent, but two and a half minutes of this?—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The pioneering doom metal band Pentagram formed in 1971 and is credited with helping create the entire metal genre in general.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Extrapolate that out to 17 games and that’s 3,468 passing yards, 986 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns scored for a season.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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After his passing, Mango’s chief executive officer Roni Ruiz took on the role of chairman of the board.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quietus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietus. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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