DEAD-ENDING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

dead-ending

verb

present participle of dead-end

as in ending

to come to an end after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended

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And most experts don’t think there will be much relief for homebuyers in the next year or so, absent some big changes, such as the war in Iran ending or oil prices dramatically falling.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
That set up Ollie Gordon II’s TD run late in the third quarter, ending Miami’s 15-possession touchdown drought.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ending

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Kean, who has voted against resolutions aimed at halting military action in Iran, defended the war.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
By halting those exports, the thinking goes, domestic diesel prices would drop due to a flood of fresh supply, lowering costs for farmers, commercial trucking companies and thousands of other businesses that rely on the fuel.

— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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Specifically, that trader sold 5,000 of the 39-strike puts expiring in mid-January for $695,000, and an equal amount of the 42-strike calls expiring the same day for $400,000.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Versant and Verizon have come to terms on a renewal of the companies’ distribution agreement, a move that means the media company, in its first year since being spun off from Comcast, has renewed all such deals expiring in 2026.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of expiring

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The sportswear giant announced the end of their relationship last month, concluding nearly two decades of sponsorship, which began when Mbappé was just nine years old.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Alyssa Lareau, who left the Civil Rights Division’s Federal Coordination and Compliance Section last year after concluding that anti-discrimination laws such as Title VI were no longer being faithfully enforced, was similarly torn.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluding

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The top tier of college football, known now as the Football Bowl Subdivision, resembles the professional game more with each passing year, prompting calls to implement rules to better manage the sport.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
His Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc trailed behind, also passing the second Red Bull and fully salvaging Ferrari’s day.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

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The cruise ends with a final port stop in Nassau, Bahamas, before terminating in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
After launching investigations into the incident and initially revoking the five officers’ access to the systems, IMPD Chief Tanya Terry suspended and recommended terminating four of the officers after one already resigned.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026

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