desisting (from)

verb

present participle of desist (from)
as in ending
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desisting (from)
  1. ending
  2. stopping
  3. ceasing
  4. halting
  5. cutting off
  6. shutting off
  7. breaking off
  8. leaving off
Verb
  • The Justice Department has sued California and other states over their trans-inclusive sports policies, and successfully threatened large hospitals into ending gender-affirming care programs.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • All the Washington Commanders needed to do was spike the ball and kick a game-ending field goal in overtime.
    — Jake Kauderer, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of ending
Verb
  • Executive chef Gil Dumoulin often makes the rounds in the dining room, stopping to discuss the food with guests, which is a nice touch.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This is not an argument for fear or for stopping useful innovation.
    — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of stopping
Verb
  • Calvin lives in Snook’s Arm, a community on the verge of ceasing to exist.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Scanlon told me Friday afternoon that Pattis will try to enjoin him from ceasing the payments.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of ceasing
Verb
  • Tensions peaked when a demonstrator threw a cup of blood from the spectators’ gallery onto the Senate floor, halting business for several hours before the bill passed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kean, who has voted against resolutions aimed at halting military action in Iran, defended the war.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of halting
Verb
  • Deadhead blazing star during the growing season to encourage more flowering, but do not prune too soon, as cutting off the foliage may reduce next year’s blooms.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The trade system is also being fragmented by global trade dynamics like export restrictions, tariffs, sanctions cutting off certain sources, and shipping and logistics breakdowns.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutting off
Verb
  • The Saudis had spent $5 billion to fund the league before shutting off the financial spigot.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The disruptive nature of transposons may have required organisms to evolve new methods of shutting off their activity.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutting off
Verb
  • Walker turned the corner around a defender near the sideline, breaking off a 76-yard run to get Kansas City near the Las Vegas goal line.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Experts believe Wednesday's mudslides and flash flooding across Nepal and China's Tibet region were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola River.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaking off
Verb
  • The episode isn’t quite done, despite leaving off on an explosive note.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This does have the effect of, at times, including star NHL players while leaving off players who are still in the minors and have a chance to make the league.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of leaving off
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