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dead end



ADJECTIVE
closed off; lacking opportunity
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Plenty of plans allow one and not the other, which is a dead end.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

A bill that would have allowed California insurers to track motorists driving habits in exchange for potentially lower rates has come to a dead end.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Despite the promising findings, the research reached a dead end because scientists could not determine the molecules' exact three dimensional structures.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

ChatGPT had led Alary to a dead end.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

But he worried that his routine voyages might, in fact, be a dead end.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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