as in where
at, in, or to what place whither are you going, my lady?

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Recent Examples of whither And then there are the Milwaukee Bucks, whose regular season wasn’t good enough and whose playoffs aren’t setting up much better, so whither Giannis Antetokounmpo or Damian Lillard? Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025 For that matter…whither Stacey Dash? Is Mel, Cher’s angry lawyer father…dead on the reboot series? Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025 Maybe these things will die or just whither on the vine. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 And whither Elizabeth McCracken’s bizarro American epic Bowlaway? David Canfield, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
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  • Money poured in from as far away as Singapore, Taiwan and Australia, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in July against Wells Fargo, where Beasley had an attorney trust account to hold and disburse client money.
    Lizzie Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Nonetheless, the Bengals will still need to build depth at certain positions and that’s where prospects from Saturday’s game have an opportunity to showcase their skills early ahead of the NFL Combine and/or their respective college pro days.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023

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“Whither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whither. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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