demise
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"I think the measles very much contributed to that child's demise," said William Moss, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Market Street property’s steep demise follows years of declining sales, crime concerns and an exodus of retailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"The important thing is not to let this be the beginning of the demise of international rule of law."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Deprived of love since the tragic demise of his parents, fourteen-year-old Harry Potter thought he had found solace in his steady girlfriend at Hogwarts, Muggle-born Hermione Granger.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Along with the celebrities, the Loserbards also recounted the unusual demises of some otherwise unknown folks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
If anything, the sentimentality of such demises lie not in the character’s fate but in an actor’s departure.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Outside the nine-episode series, the carving game is a legitimate children’s game that’s played in South Korea – sans gory demises.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
But we can also count on such demises being rendered in ways fitting to how the character lived.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2019
No meagre substitute was supplied by forfeitures, by enforced demises of collegiate, capitular, and episcopal estates, by monopolies, and by letters of marque.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
Having spent the past 20 years in Mississippi, the couple will be remembered by friends and family for amassing a collection of nearly 1,000 announcements of the demised.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2018
Photograph: Rebecca Jewell/Ghosts of Gone Birds They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011
Perhaps never was he so proud of them as last September, when "Rudy," their favorite fox terrier, unhappily demised.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was demised to her doubtless before her marriage, but it was not altered in relation to her after her marriage.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, the Governor demised.
From Ade's Fables by George Ade
The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013
Vocabulary lists containing demise
Send a Message: Mit and Miss
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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