1
as in final
following all others of the same kind in order or time
took me to the terminal point of that bus route
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2
as in lethal
likely to cause or capable of causing death
a form of cancer that is usually terminal
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as in depot
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Recent Examples of terminal
Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
Access and road traffic remain its biggest challenges, overshadowing the impressive design and dining options in its newest terminal.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Deutsch said the open design should make traveling through the terminal intuitive to the average passenger.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The renovations are part of a larger $242 million airport modernization program currently underway that will update design across six of the terminal’s seven concourses (A, B, C, D, F, and G) by the end of this year.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
Access and road traffic remain its biggest challenges, overshadowing the impressive design and dining options in its newest terminal.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
What would the terminal phase look like?
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Deutsch said the open design should make traveling through the terminal intuitive to the average passenger.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminal
Adjective
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Hurray for the Riff Raff is supporting the Head and The Heart on the final few dates of their in-progress North American headlining tour.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Though he was outdueled by Aaron Nola, whose bid for perfection was broken up by Christian Vázquez’s solo home run with two outs in the sixth inning, Ryan turned in one final strong start to cap the best season of his career.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The man continued to move toward officers, who tried to use less-lethal devices that did not work before shooting him.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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An earlier model of the killer girl 'bot was turned into a lethal weapon by the military but has gone rogue, and M3GAN's inventor (Allison Williams) needs to give the original a super-duper upgrade to stop the deadly newcomer.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ride starts at a depot on Front Street and ends right behind it in Mallory Square.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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In addition to plans for fuel depots in orbit, which SpaceX hopes to use to service missions with the Starship and Superheavy, OOR is also being investigated for the sake of satellite refueling.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
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During a three-day rampage of gang violence, some 80 people died — the deadliest days in El Salvador since its civil war.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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One Pasteurella-like microbe carried genetic hints of virulence and has ties to deadly outbreaks in modern African elephants.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Stewart made three appearances on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City last week and joined the Dodgers in Arizona for the series against the Diamondbacks.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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So Instacart is reviewing orders from last October to see what might be filling trick-or-treaters’ bags across the country this year.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rosalinda Vaca, a 49-year-old resident of the Chicago satellite city, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident after allegedly hitting 36-year-old Michelle Heidbrick with her car on Sunday, police said in a press release obtained by ABC News.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel made his return to late-night TV after being suspended over comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But a single policy can protect them from many infectious threats.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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For Peter Chin-Hong, MD, an infectious-disease specialist and a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, many questions remain unanswered about the ACIP stance.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Terminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminal. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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