as in to stop
to come to an end
she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wink (out)
Verb
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But her six-figure salary didn’t stop her from using the Foundation as her personal piggy bank, records show.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025 -
Witkoff, Rubio, and Kushner then streamlined the proposal to a two-phase structure—first, a ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners to stop the fighting; second, a framework for Gaza's future, including disarmament and a technocratic transitional government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Get skillets, Dutch ovens, cake pans, and more before the sale ends.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Auston Matthews is one of the few with a four-year contract (which expires in 2028).—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Trump noncommittal about Obamacare subsidies Trump would not commit on Wednesday to supporting an extension of subsidies in the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at the end of the year.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Its intervention came days before a United Nations commission of inquiry concluded that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eventually, the extended family gatherings ceased altogether.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, though, the wins and losses cease to matter.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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The closure has halted routine government operations, shuttered Smithsonian museums and other landmark cultural institutions and left airports scrambling with flight disruptions, all injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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This condition is primarily caused by genetic defects that severely disrupt or halt the complex process of sperm production, known as spermatogenesis.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By contrast, roughly the same share of homeless students passed the tests compared with students who were not homeless.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Congress has not passed a budget yet, and the government is shut down.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Reports then indicated that the money was earmarked for receiver Wes Welker, who wound up signing with the Denver Broncos.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Palisades Fire in early January burned thousands of homes and killed 12 people as flames spread rapidly in heavy winds up to 100 miles per hour.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Wink (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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