die out

verb

died out; dying out; dies out

intransitive verb

: to become extinct

Examples of die out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the culture died out without sharing their practice, and the horses again roamed free throughout Central Asia. Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024 But unfortunately for the downtown retail scene, official conformation never arrived and every round of Apple Store speculation died out. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2024 Everything in this movie is always on the verge of running out and dying out. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2024 There were two separate spillover events from wild birds to cows, and the man's case is part of a separate transmission chain, or there was only one spillover, but the virus sequences split, and the man was infected with a second branch that either died out or is yet unsampled. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for die out 

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Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of die out was in 1853

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“Die out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20out. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.

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