cessations

noun

plural of cessation
as in endings
the stopping of a process or activity the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief

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Recent Examples of cessations Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others. — Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cessations
  1. endings
  2. halts
  3. closures
  4. conclusions
  5. ends
  6. shutdowns
  7. closes
Noun
  • Our brains hold onto beginnings and endings and lose the middle.
    — James Glover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Most major characters got their happy endings, though the Roy/Keeley/Jamie love triangle was left largely unresolved.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • The automatic stay halts proceedings but doesn't compel creditors to undo pre-petition filings without operative effect.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Since prolonged production halts can cause permanent damage to oil wells, shutting them down is typically a last resort.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Definition of halts
Noun
  • East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Immediately after the legislation was signed, states began bracing for the substantial pullback of federal support, rural hospital closures, and implementation of burdensome paperwork requirements intended to drive down enrollment.
    — Diana DeGette, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of closures
Noun
  • Grant, regrettably, was ranked 36th and last for his work on 10 snaps, though that’s too small a sample size to make any conclusions whatsoever.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
  • These conclusions are based on Bitsight's technical research.
    — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • The questions that remain The case has invited big questions about where a person’s right to privacy ends and the government’s right to warrantless search begins.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That impulse takes her to North Macedonia, a country that seems to the Belgian teen to be stuck in time, if not at the ends of the Earth.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of ends
Noun
  • Real-time tracking cuts costly checks Nuclear facilities currently rely on a combination of instruments, physical security measures, manual sampling and periodic shutdowns to determine how much nuclear material is present and where it is located.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Not the kind of sweeping severe weather that prompts airlines to offer travel waivers nor wide-scale issues like labor strikes, IT problems or government shutdowns, which have unraveled countless plans in recent months.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • With three weeks to spare until the transfer window closes, there’s still plenty of time for Barcelona to get something over the line and bring Julian to Catalonia, however.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • After the window to submit claims closes, payments will be issued by September, according to the settlement website.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 July 2026
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