1
as in perishes
to stop living
the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign
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2
as in stops
to come to an end
the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon
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as in fails
to stop functioning
fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home
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Recent Examples of dies
Lack of in-home nurses; baby dies Much of Middlebrooks’ order, and the appeals court ruling that affirms it, concerns the in-home nursing care that parents of medically complex children rely upon.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
The great Sandra Hüller stars as a woman whose husband dies from a fall at their home.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026
Ratansen dies defending his honor; Padmavati and the women of Chitor perform jauhar (the ancient Rajput practice of self-immolation to avoid capture).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Written and directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, the film centers on a young man from Mumbai who travels back to his family’s village in rural Maharashtra after his father dies, bound by tradition to observe a 10-day mourning period.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
The woman’s daughter, a miniature artist named Annie played by Toni Collette, begins to uncover disturbing secrets just as the family is thrown into personal tragedy when their 13-year-old daughter, Charlie, dies in a shocking car accident while her older brother is behind the wheel.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
The countdown has begun to the introduction of new rules on how pensions are treated after someone dies.
—Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
If one of the pair dies, a new mate is sought out.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Now, multiple dies such as logic chips and high-bandwidth memory are packaged together into one larger chip, like a graphics processing unit, or GPU.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
The great Sandra Hüller stars as a woman whose husband dies from a fall at their home.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026
Ratansen dies defending his honor; Padmavati and the women of Chitor perform jauhar (the ancient Rajput practice of self-immolation to avoid capture).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Written and directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, the film centers on a young man from Mumbai who travels back to his family’s village in rural Maharashtra after his father dies, bound by tradition to observe a 10-day mourning period.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
The woman’s daughter, a miniature artist named Annie played by Toni Collette, begins to uncover disturbing secrets just as the family is thrown into personal tragedy when their 13-year-old daughter, Charlie, dies in a shocking car accident while her older brother is behind the wheel.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
The countdown has begun to the introduction of new rules on how pensions are treated after someone dies.
—Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
If one of the pair dies, a new mate is sought out.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Now, multiple dies such as logic chips and high-bandwidth memory are packaged together into one larger chip, like a graphics processing unit, or GPU.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dies
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Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
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Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Aug. 2025
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If a person with HIV stops taking ART, the virus begins spreading again.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2026
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The future of the investigation is uncertain, as the committee often stops investigating when lawmakers resign.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Year after year, Congress fails to impose discipline.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Such language fails to reflect the respect owed to the Successor of Peter and does not serve the common good.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Grapevine surges from behind, falls short Lake Creek provided most of the pressure early in the match, keeping the ball in Grapevine’s end and getting off six shots before the Mustangs started pressing in the 26th minute.—
Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, once an aristocratic mansion, falls somewhere between the avant-garde works at the Reina Sofia and the traditional Spanish art at the Prado.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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Creating that kind of structure, Manning suggests, is essential to easing the pressure teachers carry long after the school day ends.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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The company in the new agreement removed the biggest obstacle — the right to keep workers for at least three hours after their shift ends at its discretion — from their proposal Local 12775 Vice President Vern Beck told the Post-Tribune Friday.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Knowles keeps the atmosphere leaden when the story surfaces in the present, in which Willy is 63, fraying with disappointment and banged up from several car crashes out on his long runs — events that his family is starting to fear aren’t accidents.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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And the implication of cost disease is that the only way the cost of raising and educating children will stop going up is if the economy crashes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Where Uthmeier succumbs to bigotry is in the presumption that DEI means unqualified.—
Howard L. Simon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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But her character succumbs to Ducournau’s convoluted plotting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Shares fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the streaming giant released its first-quarter earnings report and announced that Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder and current chairman, would exit the board in June when his term expires.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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The streamer on Thursday announced that its co-founder and chairman would relinquish his spot on the Netflix board in June, when his current term expires.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Dies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dies. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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