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noun

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Verb
Turning to peace is, for many within its leadership, less a sudden conversion than a recognition that the military path had reached a dead end. Alpaslan Ozerdem, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025 The walk stopped at a dead end, which placed the young man directly to the south of 1122 King Road. Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
What looks like dead-end research today could become a building block for tomorrow’s cure. Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing. Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead end
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead end
Verb
  • The arteries end at the capillaries.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Arkansas Educational Freedom Accounts could cost the state more than $326 million during the fiscal year that ends June 30, according to information provided by the state Department of Education.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And Microsoft embraced neutrality after heavy unionA Since the NLRB will be weak for quite a while but a new study by The Center for Work And Democracy at Arizona State University identifies workers can influence a high road economy that go beyond traditional collective bargaining.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the former president didn’t stay on that high road for long.
    Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the interstices of all that, at a bar one sweaty night, Wyeth meets Keating, a seminarian on a hiatus of sorts whose spiritual dilemma becomes imbricated in his own.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • But the committee faced a dilemma.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trend shows no signs of stopping.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • To help stop the spread, wash your hands, avoid sick areas, and report symptoms quickly.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It’s been a while since Shawn Mendes has felt this close.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Club stock was on pace for a fresh record close and its sixth straight session of gains, its longest winning streak since June.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dutch Bros 'controlling this corner,' Uncle Bill's says Dutch Bros was created in 1992 in Grants Pass, Oregon, by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget around the corner, the fourth quarter could still very much go either way.
    Jordan Butt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The funding pause leaves many new homeowners in high-flood risk areas scrambling for protection and could halt the processing of current damage claims.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Before referrals were halted, the effort that placed people at the Civic had already moved hard-to-reach homeless people from the street to a shelter space and, in many cases, then on to long-term housing and stability.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nearby roads and highways were closed to allow fire crews access to the area.
    Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There is a road closure on US-69 between NW Platte Road and MO-9.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Dead end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20end. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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