1
as in perishes
to stop living
the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign
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as in stops
to come to an end
the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon
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as in fails
to stop functioning
fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home
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Recent Examples of dies
And if the giver dies during the five-year period, some of the gift will be added back into their estate.
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Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
First, Monty Miller (a suave, anguished Jon Hamm), Tommy’s lifelong friend and billionaire founder of M-Tex, dies suddenly, but not before naming the fixer as the new company president.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Lexi dies, and the murders of her classmates are pinned on her posthumously.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
After Hamnet dies, all color is stripped from that room.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
Under the protocol, which was first created in 1984, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office conducts an independent investigation to determine criminal liability in an incident when an officer or civilian is shot or dies during an encounter with law enforcement in the county.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
That's how informality spreads, and productivity dies.
—Ricardo Torres, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … 1945-2026 – Michael Reagan, elder son of former President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80.
—FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
It’s estimated that one person dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease in the US.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dies
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Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.—
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Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.—
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The team that stops the run and mitigates mistakes will win this one.—
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The group stops to talk to one who took a fall while riding his bike in his neighborhood.—
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The state’s latest energy plan fails to recognize and remedy this and portends a bleak, costly energy future, not to mention more pollution and higher health care costs.—
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Holly added that any topic related to her wedding never fails to bring tears to her father's eyes.—
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So Nude pair falls neatly in line — proof that even in full-metal glamour, minimalism with an edge is having a very good year.—
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Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Man’s Best Friend slips 5-6 on the latest Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%), while Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving falls 6-7 (37,000, down 3%).—
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If the state ends HHAP, the county hopes to find other sources of revenue to fund the shelters and other homeless programs, either from the general fund or elsewhere, said Kim Nava, a county spokesperson.—
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Other signs of unseasoned wood are bark that is tightly attached and a wet, fresh-looking center with lighter and drier looking wood near the edges or ends.—
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Morgan & Morgan’s 37-second, black-and-white ad shows a Minnie Mouse-type character calling the law firm after Mickey Mouse crashes a boat into her car.—
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The coming-of-age survival thriller is about a championship high school soccer team whose plane crashes into the remote Canadian wilderness where they are stranded for 19 months.—
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Her sexuality is a source of conflict for her family, and the pressure leads to the painful breakup with her girlfriend, Rosie (Jess Gabor), who succumbs to family expectations.—
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Live, the band’s cataclysmic volume precludes close observation, and melodic detail succumbs to feedback like dust caught in an exploding star’s stratosphere.—
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Both are widely respected, but Sky News has been loss-making for years and its current funding guarantee from Comcast — one of the stipulations of the 2018 deal — expires in 2028.—
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The current deal expires on May 1, 2026.—
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“Dies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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