dead-ended

verb

Definition of dead-endednext
past tense of dead-end
as in ended
to come to an end after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-ended
  1. ended
  2. stopped
  3. halted
  4. expired
  5. ceased
  6. concluded
  7. passed
Verb
  • The medical condition that ended Henrik Lundqvist’s playing career has set him up to make his next great save.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The deal then closed the day after, so our bidding war ended three days after our actual premiere.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ended
Verb
  • The Detroit Housing Commission stopped selecting people from its waitlist earlier in the year.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Still, that hasn’t stopped its owner, Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie, from enjoying it.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Qatar has halted its mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas, citing a lack of willingness from both sides to engage constructively, according to a diplomatic source briefed on the matter.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • But the execution was halted after the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify about his case, an unprecedented gambit that led to a partial stay of execution from the Texas Supreme Court.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of halted
Verb
  • The terms of the union’s first contract expired July 28.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Online renewal is available to adult passport holders whose passport has expired within the past five years or will expire in the coming year.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of expired
Verb
  • Earlier this year, the company abruptly ceased operations at its Jacksonville, Florida, facility and began working to set up the assembly plant in Ontario to assemble commercial electric delivery vans and trucks.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and has ceased its remediation plan due to the pending merger.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of ceased
Verb
  • North and South Korea have been cut off from each other since the end of the Korean War in 1953, which concluded with an armistice not a peace treaty, leaving the two sides still technically at war.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In addition, historians concluded other clothing items the Unknown was wearing could have been issued to a member of a unit like the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of concluded
Verb
  • If passed, the law would centralize authority over those areas to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the last four days, some of the most interesting players in Spanish-language content have passed through, sharing the latest on slates and company strategies.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of passed
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