as in where
at, in, or to what place
whither are you going, my lady?
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Recent Examples of whither
Not content to let anything whither on the vine, Aston refreshed the Vantage sports car last May, bumping its mighty AMG V-8’s output to 656 hp.
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Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
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
Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whither
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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
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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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