demise
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A few years ago, some were predicting the demise of Spanish-language television.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
In his journalism, Mr. Self has written widely on the demise of the serious novel, and in his fiction he makes no concessions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Amid the white-out winters of New York, a man whose bones had never known the bite of cold found not a sanctuary but demise.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
Japan’s Nippon TV, despite the fears of the demise of the linear television business as streaming services continue to gain ground.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
But if there had been any paleontologists living 67 million years ago, they could not have predicted the dinosaurs’ imminent demise, because asteroids belong to a field of science otherwise remote from dinosaur biology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing demise
Send a Message: Mit and Miss
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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