demise
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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
And he had one other thing to say about the demise of the FTD label: “That first homestand after that news broke, we sold 50% more of that burger each game. I’ll take that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
As it turns out, reports of Ronaldo’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The agent of his demise was wild potato, H. alpinum, the species plainly identified as nontoxic in Tanaina Plantlore.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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
He has shed them for horses whose demises have haunted him, especially Prairie Bayou, whom he rode to victory in the 1993 Preakness Stakes, which helped make him a big-time rider.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2018
“He had written a lively book about the law of demises, with a vast quantity of marginal notes and references.”
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
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
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Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, his Governor demised.
From Ade's Fables by McCutcheon, John T.
Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, the Governor demised.
From Ade's Fables by Ade, George
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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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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