winked (out)

verb

past tense of wink (out)
as in stopped
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 winked (out)
  1. stopped
  2. ended
  3. expired
  4. concluded
  5. ceased
  6. halted
  7. left off
  8. broke off
Verb
  • America became the gas and diesel exporter of last resort after the Middle East stopped exporting fuel during the war.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • It was stopped towards the rear of the Metro bus, which didn't appear to have any significant damage.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • United States forward Folarin Balogun has signed with the high-profile Klutch Sports agency following an eventful World Cup campaign that ended when the national team was eliminated by Belgium in the round of 16.
    — Martin Rogers, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • After a severe concussion ended his career, that structure disappeared almost overnight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of ended
Verb
  • In addition,18 employees who had been placed in the 2026 fiscal year layoff prevention pool will be informed that their stay in that pool has expired, the district said.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • The England international was instead pictured on a training bike at Manchester City, with his loan move having expired at the start of the month.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of expired
Verb
  • Indirect talks concluded last week without any sign of meaningful progress toward a lasting peace agreement.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • The saga acquired yet another meta layer after the investigation concluded.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of concluded
Verb
  • The feminist sites have largely shut down, and physical media is vanishing; many of the magazines that Jezebel targeted—Redbook, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Self—have ceased printing or gone entirely defunct.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • Under Mottley, Barbados cut ties with Queen Elizabeth II in November 2021 and ceased to be a constitutional monarchy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of ceased
Verb
  • The heavy use of VAR has also interrupted the flow of games by halting matches that weren’t meant to be halted, leaving everyone standing on the field while the referee goes off to watch TV, sometimes for minutes at a time.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • In March, production on season five was halted after it was revealed that fellow cast member Taylor Frankie Paul was involved in a domestic assault investigation.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Only Sarah Pidgeon and Constance Zimmer broke into the acting races, while Paul Anthony Kelly, Alessandro Nivola, Naomi Watts and Grace Gummer were left off the ballot.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • While many viewers are celebrating this year's biggest achievements on the small screen, others are dissecting the names that were left off the nominations list.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of left off
Verb
  • Moorby broke off the left wing and combined with his Hurricanes teammate, scrumhalf Cam Roigard to score two minutes after the resumption.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • The Italian shipwreck that killed 32 people Local media in Greece reported that a piece of engine broke off and smashed a window during the flight on Friday, causing the cabin to decompress and sucking one passenger partially out of the window.
    — Renee Maltezou, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of broke off
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