immobilities

noun

plural of immobility
as in discontinuances

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilities
  1. stoppages
  2. shutdowns
  3. finishes
  4. endings
  5. pauses
  6. cessations
  7. lapses
  8. terminations
Noun
  • Telemundo, for its part, went the traditional route and did not break away for sponsor messages during the mid-half stoppages.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 July 2026
  • Underneath a sky of wildfire smoke and haze, the teams played through four hydration breaks, injury stoppages, oppressive summer heat and a patchy pitch.
    — Meg Linehan, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • Early in the pandemic, many scientists and much of the public focused on community protection through shutdowns and social distancing, and then by pinning their hopes on what many hoped would be lasting protection from vaccines or prior infection.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The local construction industry was still playing catch-up from the shutdowns and supply-chain issues of 2020, so contractors were in extra high demand.
    — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • Buyers may be less willing to pay a premium for newer finishes and an extensive amenity package that tends to go unused.
    — John Walkup, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Inside The Shops at North Bridge, the upgrades will include improved lighting, new signage and wayfinding, new digital directories, new floors and finishes, and better sightlines.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of finishes
Noun
  • Our brains hold onto beginnings and endings and lose the middle.
    — James Glover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Most major characters got their happy endings, though the Roy/Keeley/Jamie love triangle was left largely unresolved.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • When thoughtful pauses disappear, organizations eventually lose the ability to think collectively.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Smaller and more rural jurisdictions have also adopted one-year pauses, including Queen Anne’s County on the Eastern Shore and Washington County in Western Maryland.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pauses
Noun
  • Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.
    — Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of cessations
Noun
  • The mistakes have been the same from week to week — mistimed tackles, costly turnovers and defensive lapses — and the results have matched.
    — Latif Love August 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That can lead to lapses in concentration, which will need to be ironed out.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of lapses
Noun
  • Recent reporting and research on NIH grant terminations suggest that health equity work has been hit especially hard and that scientists from historically underrepresented groups have borne a disproportionate share of the damage.
    — Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Last month, the Supreme Court reversed lower-court judgments that had postponed the administration’s TPS terminations for Haiti and Syria while litigation continued.
    — Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of terminations
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