dead-ends 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of dead-end

dead ends

2 of 2

noun

plural of dead end

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dead ends
Noun
With three exposures on a block that dead-ends above the East River, the house is also filled with beautiful light. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025 Doubles, glitches, erotic dread, narrative dead-ends. Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead ends
Verb
  • Louisville lawmakers have passed an ordinance that ends permit requirements for some protests — an effort led by a Republican council member who has in the past called out Mayor Craig Greenberg's administration for not enforcing the city's permitting rules.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • With durable designs and timeless style, these pieces will make holiday cooking easier — and continue to serve you long after the season ends.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Surveys of developers have consistently found that waiting for quality assurance testing leads to significant bottlenecks in software development.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Annabelle Huang is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company (backed by Founders Fund and Pantera) that focuses on solving execution performance bottlenecks.
    Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To begin with, their source data on funding priorities stops at 2007, leaving a roughly 15-year gap where research funding can't be analyzed, but patents are still being filed.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There was an awkward pause before the couple did what everyone does when an escalator stops escalating.
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Garrett Harper, social and economic wellbeing research associate with the social services office, said redlining played a major role on that front and was further exacerbated as the city was fragmented by its three major highways.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the plot, a fictional president of Italy faces moral and ethical dilemmas.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Her bi-monthly AI Logs column explores the latest trends, breakthroughs, and ethical dilemmas in AI, delivering expert analysis and fresh insights.
    The AI Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gun-toting Henry halts the escaping car and holds the nefarious trio at gunpoint.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Antihydra almost certainly never halts.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Cubano is a fan favorite with braised pork and ham topped with Swiss, pickles, and mustard sauce on French bread.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Other shelves are stocked with pickles from artisan makers hailing from all over the country.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The threat of another MLB lockout looms when the current Basic Agreement expires after the 2026 season.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Little Rock Board of Directors must confirm Buchanan's reappointment to the panel, which would be for a five-year term that expires in September 2030.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Dead ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20ends. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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