desisted

past tense of desist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for desisted
Verb
  • The United States has all but ceased supplying Ukraine with equipment.
    Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has ceased its financial relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and RTX (formerly Raytheon), according to the organization.
    James Factora, Them., 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In three full seasons since that postseason run – which concluded quickly as a result of a crushing 34-11 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the wild-card round – Murray has failed to post a winning season as a starter.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Salt-n-Pepa also joined in, and the group of artists concluded the set with a call-and-response moment alongside the crowd, encouraging everyone to scream along.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Eight teams will advance to the single-elimination knockout round – the winner of each of the six groups and two wild cards (the team from each conference with the best record in group play that finished second in its group).
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Vermillion collection is finished in certified carbon neutral facilities, verified by Climate Impact Partners.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The company had discontinued the print edition of Teen Vogue in 2017.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Brown-Forman acquired the brand in 1936 from Selected Kentucky Distillers and discontinued it in 1968.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The move comes weeks after Microsoft stopped providing some services to an Israeli defense unit.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There is no data showing how many of those minors married other minors, and which married adults for recent years, as the state stopped collecting that data in 2022.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • For hundreds of employees at Paramount Skydance, led by CEO David Ellison, taking a voluntary buyout package evidently was preferable to coming back to the office full-time — or getting involuntarily terminated.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • By Tuesday morning, word began to circulate that Harrison would be terminated.
    Christian Clark, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The film only made $41 million at the box office and effectively halted the franchise.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The family filed a suit contesting their deportation, court records show, and it was briefly halted before a judge ruled against them in July.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Jim Irsay stood beside his private jet just days after the 2021 season ended and made sure the camera was rolling to capture his thoughts.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The first four episodes of Netflix's Squid Game reality competition series ended on an intense cliffhanger.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Desisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desisted. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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