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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a death knell" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to signify the end or failure of something, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The new regulations served as a death knell for many small businesses struggling to survive."
Alternatives: "a final blow" or "the end of the line".
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Sounds like a death knell, right?
"That's a death knell," she said.
Not everyone is sounding a death knell.
"I don't believe it's a death knell".
The new study isn't necessarily a death knell.
Linear thinking is a death knell for creativity.
"Managed bankruptcy may sound like a death knell.
"This is not a death knell," Brown said.
Historically, this has always been a death knell.
Lure of power in London a death knell for devolution?
"It would have been a death knell," he says.
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