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noun

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Recent Examples of halt
Verb
The raid halted construction of the EV battery plant, The Associated Press reported. Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 Taylor-Johnson is, in turn, full of praise for his two-time collaborator, who came to him with the script just after the industry-halting Hollywood strikes. Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
But the plan came to a screeching halt Friday morning after revelations came to light about the former CEO of the company the city had hoped would redevelop and manage the iconic stadium on Virginia Key. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 But in the meantime the police put a halt to his efforts when suspicious police officer Zuzani (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) detects a rogue energy source in the area and fears there might be civilian casualties if the bomb goes off. Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for halt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halt
Noun
  • When the pandemic arrived, an entire world was brought to a standstill.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Both commanded the respect of a standstill, silence, salutes, and honor.
    Paula Pedene, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Or that cessation triggers withdrawal symptoms—including pain, fever, and diarrhea—similar to those faced by opioid abusers.
    Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Senate bill is opposed by multiple smoking cessation groups, who argued that the Senate version lacked teeth to curb youth vaping.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Trailing by three runs, Cora gave the ball to left-hander Justin Wilson, who struck out three straight Diamondbacks to escape the jam and keep his team in the game.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Our Cal-Italia pizza is a white pizza with fig jam, aged balsamic and Prosciutto di Parma.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Maybe — just maybe — the Jets showed enough to believe that this sort of ending won’t happen as often anymore.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • No easy fixes and no tidy endings here.
    The Know, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ceasefire talks ended in deadlock in July.
    Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On June 30, three months into the standoff, the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee called the two sides in for a hearing that broke months of deadlock and prompted new proposals from Anthem.
    Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most recently, last year in Bangladesh, students mobilized to call for the end of a controversial quota system for government jobs.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With the bullish determination of Ed and the wide-eyed second sight of Lorraine, the Warrens’ only child sells a clear vision of right and wrong when news of the Smurls’ predicament comes their way.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • To that end, Johnson and the CTU’s Springfield strategy has been at the forefront of all their public messaging on how the school district gets out of this fiscal predicament.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 Emmys season is coming to a close, and to kick off the grand finale to months’ worth of FYC events and campaigning to recognize the year’s best in television art is the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • After many twists and turns, NASA's 23-year remit of charting greenhouse gas emissions could come to a close as soon as the end of this month.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halt. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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