as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
yet another stoppage in play for some unexplained reason
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Recent Examples of stoppage
The incident occurred during second-half stoppage time when Chelsea were chasing the game, with the score 4-2 to PSG.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The work stoppage March 5 has put 25,000 Sacramento students without classroom instruction for eight consecutive school days.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Mascherano was then ejected in stoppage time after arguing a foul call against one of his players, earning a yellow card, then a second for continuing to protest.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
Neither team found the net until Joveljić used assists from Manu García and Johnsen to score two minutes into stoppage time for a 1-0 lead at halftime.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The work stoppage March 5 has put 25,000 Sacramento students without classroom instruction for eight consecutive school days.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Mascherano was then ejected in stoppage time after arguing a foul call against one of his players, earning a yellow card, then a second for continuing to protest.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
Neither team found the net until Joveljić used assists from Manu García and Johnsen to score two minutes into stoppage time for a 1-0 lead at halftime.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppage
Noun
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The cessation of hostilities, or ceasefire, that was put in place at the end of that conflict was holding.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The three countries have been trying to mediate a cessation of hostilities since Afghanistan and Pakistan renewed cross-border fighting in February, and had also been involved in helping broker a ceasefire between the two in October.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The strait remains virtually closed as violence in the region escalates, bringing shipping traffic to a near-halt.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Taylor Frankie Paul‘s turn as the star of The Bachelorette has come to a screeching halt after ABC opted to shelve the premiere.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And hope for a quick ending to this Iranian situation and the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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One bad matchup, one bad shooting night, one unfortunate stretch of five minutes can define a season’s ending.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Further on the tech front, OpenAI is focusing employee and investor attention on its enterprise business as the artificial intelligence startup gears up to go public, potentially by the end of the year, CNBC has learned.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The department released more than 100,000 pages of material by that deadline but did not release the majority of its files until the end of January.—
MAEGAN VAZQUEZ THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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All five students had their ankle bracelets removed at the conclusion of their hearings Friday and have been released from house arrest, according to two attorneys representing the teenagers.—
Liz Crawford,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Summoned to the scene of a homicide one night, Kay discovers a body with links to a decades-old killer, a finding that calls into question her conclusions about a long-ago series of crimes.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Stoppage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppage. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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