demise

The desire of the French government and companies to lead joint defense projects has sometimes spelled the plans’ demise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But Balogun may have unwittingly played a role in the team’s demise as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The demise of consumer ownership indicates a concurrent increase in the power of giant corporations to control how games get sold and promoted.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

And over a decade after the demise of the ill-fated Google Glass, Alphabet is trying its hand at smart glasses again with the May launch of its Intelligent Eyewear.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

I imagine the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

By beginning this review with their demises, I haven’t planted a spoiler.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

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

The tenements in villenage, whether by law or usage, were never separated from the lordship, while its domain was reduced to a smaller extent through subinfeudations, sales, or demises for valuable rent.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

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

John B. Waldo, recently demised, was also a pupil of mine for about two years.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

He died on the 6th of March. in 766, and was buried at Gorze, to which by his will, which is still extant, he demised several estates.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013