die out
Example Sentences
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Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Going forward, geologists, engineers and economists will be needed, especially as Greenland's traditional livelihoods of hunting and fishing are expected to gradually die out as professions.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Yet the laughs, the warmth, the love and the faith-based fellowship die out in the dismal final act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Once the notes die out, the vampires appear — first to mimic the living’s glory, then to claim their distinct power for themselves.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
Studies show that measles is likely to die out in any human population numbering fewer than half a million people.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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