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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3
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
In dog stories, a dog gives unbounded love and is the best possible friend and behaves heroically—and then the dog dies.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
If a winner dies before all the annual payments are made, the balance of the prize continues in payments to the winner's estate, Powerball says.
—George Petras, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Every television show lives and dies on its merits.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Cata and her sister Eva (Martina García) are spending a carefree summer at their grandparents’ house in Mallorca when suddenly their beloved grandmother Catalina (Marta Angelat) dies, and their innocent holiday, as well as this movie, takes a tragic turn.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Dido dies from love and shame, not open warfare.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Build Cross-Functional Data Councils Change dies in silos.
—Gabriel Shaoolian, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The effort comes at a time when the United Nations estimates that an Indigenous language dies every two weeks and that half of the world’s languages will disappear by 2100.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
The amendment clarifies that if a president dies, resigns, or is removed, the vice president immediately assumes the presidency.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
If a winner dies before all the annual payments are made, the balance of the prize continues in payments to the winner's estate, Powerball says.
—George Petras, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Every television show lives and dies on its merits.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Cata and her sister Eva (Martina García) are spending a carefree summer at their grandparents’ house in Mallorca when suddenly their beloved grandmother Catalina (Marta Angelat) dies, and their innocent holiday, as well as this movie, takes a tragic turn.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Dido dies from love and shame, not open warfare.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Build Cross-Functional Data Councils Change dies in silos.
—Gabriel Shaoolian, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The effort comes at a time when the United Nations estimates that an Indigenous language dies every two weeks and that half of the world’s languages will disappear by 2100.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
The amendment clarifies that if a president dies, resigns, or is removed, the vice president immediately assumes the presidency.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dies
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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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And the hope is that this creature, who's all set up to create chaos and violence, somehow stops that and changes it all.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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With the right mix of competence and strategy, engineers can create careers that are both resilient and rewarding in a world that never stops changing.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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And really, if Young fails, Canales fails, too.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Oregon rises after beating Oklahoma State by 66, while Clemson falls after trailing Troy at halftime before a 27-16 win.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Raising systemic issues and then resolving them with humor falls flat for this critic.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Games Cowboys have to have When the season ultimately ends, or when there is talk of playoffs, this is one of those nights the Cowboys will look back on and curse themselves for not winning.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Nun ends on a flashback to a scene from The Conjuring, revealing that Ed and Lorraine performed an exorcism on Maurice, the man who helped Irene defeat Valak but ended up getting secretly possessed in the process.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While flying a shuttlecraft, she gets sucked into a wormhole and crashes onto a barren moon.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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What happens if the AI wave crashes?—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The community's willingness to proactively strengthen its economic foundations today will determine whether crypto fulfills its promise as robust, trusted global infrastructure, or succumbs when faced with inevitable systemic stress.—
Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Act now before this offer expires.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
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The obvious one is for Liverpool to go in for Marc Guehi again, offering Crystal Palace £15m to take him six months before his contract expires.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Dies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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