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
Doubles, glitches, erotic dread, narrative dead-ends. Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead ends
Verb
  • Sources said Bessent is waiting to interview current Fed members until after the blackout period surrounding next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting ends.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Atlanta Braves have a difficult decision to make with manager Brian Snitker once the season ends.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the bottlenecks in frequency comb technology has been the high energy required for spectral broadening.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Supply chain bottlenecks could emerge if domestic production cannot keep pace with demand.
    Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When policy, innovation, and business insight align, CCU stops being a piece of green rhetoric and becomes good business.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The buck stops with the humans.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like highways before them, these assets require major upfront investment, deliver stable cash flows over decades, and serve as essential enablers of growth.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company applies a sociological attention to the gestures and dilemmas of people’s daily routines; once harvested, these insights are quickly incorporated into product designs.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Here's an outline of some of those moral and ethical dilemmas that appear to be keeping Altman awake at night.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Antihydra almost certainly never halts.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled the state earlier this week, a decision that halts action on redistricting, as well as other bills in the legislature.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Each burger is topped with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles on a brioche bun.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Cats wreaking havoc in the home have long been a staple of viral content, from breaking vases to destroying silk pillows, pickles joins a proud tradition of furry agents of chaos.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Snag one for $14 before the overstock deal expires.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The offer for the Google AI for Education Accelerator expires October 6.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Dead ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20ends. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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