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The team concluded that the heaters were as good as dead and continued the mission with only the backup roll thrusters.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The money has not yet been wired, and that deal is as good as dead without Altman back at OpenAI, meaning the employees have a lot to lose in the current Altman-to-Microsoft scenario too.
—Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Maybe that means that Chevron is already as good as dead and Loper Bright will simply amount to its final rites.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
Maybe that means that Chevron is already as good as dead and Loper Bright will simply amount to its final rites.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
Ewan McGregor knocks it out of the park making the transition, right in front of our eyes, from Obi-Wan feeling guilt over what happened to Anakin to grief that his friend is as good as dead.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Dec. 2022
President Biden said in a speech Tuesday in Georgia that unless the Senate passes his party-line legislation overturning election laws in most states, American democracy is as good as dead.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
With every Republican plus Democrat Joe Manchin opposed to the legislation, the bill increasingly appears as good as dead.
—Bradley A. Smith, National Review, 18 May 2021
Flash Player, the browser plugin, may be as good as dead.
—Richard C. Moss, Ars Technica, 7 July 2020
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The money has not yet been wired, and that deal is as good as dead without Altman back at OpenAI, meaning the employees have a lot to lose in the current Altman-to-Microsoft scenario too.
—Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Maybe that means that Chevron is already as good as dead and Loper Bright will simply amount to its final rites.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
Maybe that means that Chevron is already as good as dead and Loper Bright will simply amount to its final rites.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
Ewan McGregor knocks it out of the park making the transition, right in front of our eyes, from Obi-Wan feeling guilt over what happened to Anakin to grief that his friend is as good as dead.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Dec. 2022
President Biden said in a speech Tuesday in Georgia that unless the Senate passes his party-line legislation overturning election laws in most states, American democracy is as good as dead.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
With every Republican plus Democrat Joe Manchin opposed to the legislation, the bill increasingly appears as good as dead.
—Bradley A. Smith, National Review, 18 May 2021
Flash Player, the browser plugin, may be as good as dead.
—Richard C. Moss, Ars Technica, 7 July 2020
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“As good as dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20good%20as%20dead. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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