discontinues

present tense third-person singular of discontinue
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discontinues
Verb
  • As compared to solar power, which ceases production at night, or wind power, which is dependent on weather conditions, the sea is in constant motion.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But those will soon be gone, too, as the drugstore chain ceases to exist nationwide.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No More Harkening back to the classic storyline which introduced the world to Kingpin, this new card features art from Aniekan Udofia extremely reminiscent of the panel in which Spider-Man abandons his costume.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Escalating military pressure abandons the living hostages to their fate and leaves the bodies of those already dead buried forever in Gaza’s rubble.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And the hope is that this creature, who's all set up to create chaos and violence, somehow stops that and changes it all.
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • With the right mix of competence and strategy, engineers can create careers that are both resilient and rewarding in a world that never stops changing.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Antihydra almost certainly never halts.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled the state earlier this week, a decision that halts action on redistricting, as well as other bills in the legislature.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The pair welcomed their lone child together in May 2021 before calling it quits two months later.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • He’s gone from hating soccer to becoming a devoted student of the rules of the Beautiful Game — so much so that he gets called upon to referee a youth league soccer match when Boomhauer quits in Episode 5.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Games Cowboys have to have When the season ultimately ends, or when there is talk of playoffs, this is one of those nights the Cowboys will look back on and curse themselves for not winning.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Nun ends on a flashback to a scene from The Conjuring, revealing that Ed and Lorraine performed an exorcism on Maurice, the man who helped Irene defeat Valak but ended up getting secretly possessed in the process.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Every week, Netflix drops a bunch of new content for viewers to stream from TV and movie studios all over the world.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Katie Wiseman The second the temperature drops below 75, some Hoosiers are ready to get their favorite sweaters.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Act now before this offer expires.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The obvious one is for Liverpool to go in for Marc Guehi again, offering Crystal Palace £15m to take him six months before his contract expires.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Discontinues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontinues. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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