winks (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of wink (out)
as in ends
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 winks (out)
  1. ends
  2. stops
  3. expires
  4. ceases
  5. concludes
  6. halts
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that oil prices could fall to between $40 and $50 per barrel once the conflict in the Middle East ends.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Most of the genome is non-coding and contains a mix of things, including centromeres, which help ensure chromosomes are divided evenly between cells, and caps that protect the chromosome ends.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ends
Verb
  • Former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins hurls a deep ball toward Jefferson in double coverage, and McCardell stops the play.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom’s moratorium stops the state from carrying out those sentences.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of stops
Verb
  • From the start of the 2027-28 season, Turkish Airlines will replace Standard Chartered, whose contract expires at the end of the current campaign.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The expiration of Goodell's contract coincides with the end of the current collective bargaining agreement, which also expires in March 2031.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of expires
Verb
  • The turf needs this lead time to absorb the nutrients before growth ceases in winter.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Melting then ceases, leaving a thin crust on the surface of the fragment.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of ceases
Verb
  • Even so, the report concludes that the risks outweigh those benefits.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • McKinsey, too, concludes that sales strategies can no longer be designed around a single buyer type.
    — Jodi Amendola, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of concludes
Verb
  • Boone’s Tyler Dicko halts a promising Jones drive with an interception near the 30 as Jones’ Peyton Carroll scrambled out of the pocket searching for a receiver.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport Sunday afternoon, causing a full ground stop that halts all flights.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of halts
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