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demise

[dih-mahyz] / dɪˈmaɪz /


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In September, it began introducing Target Beauty Studios in more than 600 stores, following the demise of a partnership with Ulta Beauty earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 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

Either you rallied behind Chud or you rooted for his demise; either way, he got paid.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Amidst the recriminations and finger-pointing from the doctors, scientists, and prison officials, one might have expected the demise of electrocution technology.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

Several grim demises later, it spoils nothing to say that she's a changed person.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2019

While such musicians as Robert Johnson were famed for their demises, many of the others were still alive, but with whereabouts unknown.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2017

Method of trial for demises alleged to have been unfairly obtained.—5.

From Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Elias Johnson

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

For Clarisse had become a toast and now an heiress—sole and safe from any possibility of late-born brother or sister to share the demised wealth.

From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid

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

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

From The Guardian May 28, 2013




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