demise
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From then on, the plantation system drove the expansion of slavery and the international slave trade, and eventually survived the demise of both.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
News of millennial feminism’s demise has been met with much applause.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Sora’s demise points to more than the collapse of a big-media financial deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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 the real joke isn’t that the sluggers revealed to me the date of Earth’s demise; it’s that they offered me the choice to prevent it.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.