1
as in ceased
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the editors were told to discontinue the printing of rumors in the student paper immediately
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as in abandoned
to stop doing (something) permanently
we have discontinued the manufacture of that item
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as in stopped
to come to an end
publication of the magazine will discontinue at the end of the year
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Recent Examples of discontinued
McDonald’s Monopoly promotion has returned in 2025 after being discontinued in 2014.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Google has announced Privacy Sandbox, which removed tracking cookies in Chrome, is being discontinued in a major update.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
But then in his junior year, the Navy discontinued the program.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Then in 2003, the Kentucky Cardinal was discontinued and stopped taking travelers from Louisville to Chicago.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Google has announced Privacy Sandbox, which removed tracking cookies in Chrome, is being discontinued in a major update.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
But then in his junior year, the Navy discontinued the program.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Then in 2003, the Kentucky Cardinal was discontinued and stopped taking travelers from Louisville to Chicago.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discontinued
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While Sam's Club has ceased distribution and product sales, there may be consumers who still have the product at their homes, according to the FDA's release.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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But in 2019, Gullane ceased communications with Wild, according to the complaint.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Fianna Fail’s pick, former Gaelic football coach Jim Gavin, abandoned his bid due to a financial scandal.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The move comes weeks after Microsoft stopped providing some services to an Israeli defense unit.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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After the accident took place Tuesday night, UPS halted package sorting operations at its Worldport air cargo hub at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted.—
Amy Maxmen,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Furious about this, Jane quit the sorority.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Authorities are now hoping to cut down on smoking everywhere across the archipelago, with plans to set up anti-smoking clinics that will offer medication to help people quit tobacco products.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Henry Ford Health, there was a clause in the Teamsters contract that expired in August 2025 that tied union members’ pay to the number of nurses working on a unit each day.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee state records show one of those men was denied a private security license, another's expired in 2020 and a third wasn't listed in the database.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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Houston’s Kevin Durant dropped 37 points, with 16 coming at the charity stripe, but no other player on Houston’s roster scored more than 17.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The loss was an unfamiliar feeling for the Dodgers, who had only dropped one game this entire postseason entering Friday.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Discontinued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontinued. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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