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the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret
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Recent Examples of quietus
Unfortunately, everything leads to two absurdly contrived twists, and a coda that plays like it was tacked on after preview audiences objected to the apparent quietus of a major character.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021
Joe Leydon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietus
Noun
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The first lady, 55, also launched her own production company, Muse Films, ahead of the movie's release.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
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Washington County officials issued a shelter-in-place notice for the Langeloth neighborhood over concerns about a potential release of hydrogen peroxide into the air, although the notice has since been lifted.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The preliminary cause of death was multiple sharp-force injuries.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at the woman's suburban Houston apartment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Prohibit the discharge of any youth to homelessness.—
Sarah Healy Eagan,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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There are claims about negligent or accidental discharges.—
Jennifer Mayerle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The mass shooting killed fewer than 100 people altogether but ultimately sealed the fate of the Shah’s foundering regime.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The elaborate nature of the burial site, adorned with a handwoven shell cap atop the boy’s head, along with shells, knives and all sorts of other ritual objects, may have been intended to ward off future evil events like the one that sealed this boy’s fate.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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The demise of the Mercedes and the investigations that followed generated reams of paperwork, which now told Dooley the rest of the story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Since the demise of the deputy executive director, New Jersey has, by informal agreement, selected the chairman of the Port’s board.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Here's what to know about these signs of impending doom, including more details about the Doomsday Clock.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Giving off Hawking radiation, a primordial black hole that was originally the size of an atomic nucleus would meet its doom in the modern universe, slowly dwindling before ending in a sudden, extreme burst of particles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
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His passing was duly eulogized by the Reagan Foundation and the Young America's Foundation at the Reagan Ranch.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Mensah, a second-team All-ACC selection, had the second-best passing grade in the conference (85), trailing only FSU quarterback Thomas Castellanos.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quietus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietus. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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