WINK (OUT) Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

wink (out)

verb

Definition of wink (out)

as in to stop

to come to an end she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day

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Boulder is not trying to regulate greenhouse gas emissions or stop the companies from continuing to produce oil and gas, Russell said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Service is incredibly attentive and personable; everyone will want to stop and chat throughout the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

The best way to get costs down is to end the war in Ukraine and open the Strait of Hormuz that Iran is trying to hold hostage.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
With that, Dorinda gathers everyone (except for Chanel Ayan, who is too beautiful for the cold) out into the freezing night for the fireworks that end this celebration.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of end

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In the opening scene, an old man eats a pear, smiles, and expires under a fruit tree; a beautiful death.

— Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026
And of course, when patents eventually expire, generic manufacturers can copy those discoveries and introduce them at much lower cost.

— Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of expire

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There is something instructive in the agent concluding a diatribe on quelling revolutionary violence with a note about feeling inspired.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Research on hitting objects does not support it as a way to reduce anger, and there are too few studies of screaming to conclude its effects.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of conclude

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The question also raised the recent spread of controversies over individual films into attacks on cast and crew and campaigns to halt screenings.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
In May, Tennessee halted another execution when an intravenous line could not be established into an inmate.

— Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of halt

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And because of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act passed earlier this year, the company appears to be on track to have taxpayers foot the bill.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
It was intended to be a casino, but when the law to legalize casinos didn’t pass, the property was sold.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pass

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Revenues for the month are 23% ahead of the same point in 2025, which wound up as the lowest-grossing October in three decades, and 8% behind 2019, the last year before COVID upended the box office.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Wind shear also can describe when winds up at the top of the storm blow in different directions than at bottom or middle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

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