wink (out)

verb

Definition of wink (out)next
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)
  1. stop
  2. end
  3. expire
  4. conclude
  5. cease
  6. halt
  7. pass
  8. wind up
Verb
  • The project has drawn fierce local opposition in the mostly agricultural communities south of San Jose where it will be built, and the agency has temporarily stopped construction on it in advance of a court hearing in September.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Three minutes later, Son put away a volley after Carles Gil stopped a ball at the end line and whipped a cross into the center of the box.
    — Kamran Nia July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of stop
Verb
  • Parker, who by this time had begun exhibiting erratic behavior because of his drug issues, never showed up at the club, ending Adams’ hopes of sharing the stage with one of his idols.
    — Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • Under the new rules, California had to either levy a higher tax on commercial plans or end the taxes on the state plans and lose federal funding.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of end
Verb
  • However, without a clear option behind him in the A’s organization, Heim may be too valuable to trade, despite his contract expiring at the end of the season.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • According to people with knowledge of the conversations, the Nats have targeted both expiring and controllable relievers.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of expire
Verb
  • As a press release concludes, the companies presented their partnership as the beginning of a long-term commitment, with other projects planned.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Oba Femi, who rose to prominence after defeating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 and winning the 2026 King of the Ring, recently concluded his intense rivalry with Lesnar.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of conclude
Verb
  • The company originally decided to continue farming hundreds of acres in the county at the start of the season but made the shift to cease farming on those acres mid-season this year, Axell said.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • Her room was undecorated and gray, crowded with machines whose chorus of irritating beeping never ceased.
    — Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026
Definition of cease
Verb
  • Since then, three more Manhattan office conversion projects have been ordered to partially pause or halt construction this month over issues ranging from missing paperwork to cracks in concrete beams.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • The same day Hochul signed it, the White House issued an executive order seeking to halt state-level AI regulation in favor of a federal standard.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of halt
Verb
  • The most significant injury of training camp was a doozy and came on the very first day, when second-year pass rusher Nic Scourton tore up his knee July 23 and was soon declared out for the season.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • ChatGPT passed 900 million weekly users in February and, by most trackers, crossed a billion monthly users around the middle of this year.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of pass
Verb
  • Freddy, the German soccer fan turned internet sensation, somehow wound up at United’s Friday night match in Nashville (a 1-0 Five Stripes’ loss).
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • Machado’s team wound up registering nearly seventy thousand such groups.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of wind up
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“Wink (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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