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
  • Look at the work stoppages from the [Hollywood labor strikes] three years ago.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There is already a feeling among many supporters that the time spent poring over marginal decisions — all those interminable stoppages for calls that are going to cause dissatisfaction, whatever the outcome — is far too much.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of stoppages
Noun
  • When sales came back down to earth, Guitar Center had the wrong merchandise on hand, a problem that was hard to remedy as Chinese factory shutdowns caused supply chain chaos.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Utilities announced planned water and sewer shutdowns on Okaloosa Island and Pensacola Beach.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of shutdowns
Noun
  • Even though the category is rigidly defined, there are differences in style, cask finishes, alcohol content, and even mashbill to take into account when searching for this quintessentially American whiskey.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Because, like me, celebs have been skipping traditional bold lipstick for glossy finishes or blotted, barely-there stains.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of finishes
Noun
  • Beginnings can feel energetic and chipper and game, kind of, but endings are fireflies in the dark.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, as far as endings for superhero stories go, Episode 8 has a lot of chatter.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But the situation is simply too perilous to entertain any more pauses.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 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
  • Dozens of people died, and investigators later found severe safety lapses in the pharmacy’s production of sterile drugs.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Kimmel’s current contract — lasting just one year — lapses following the end of the current TV season in 2027.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of lapses
Noun
  • That implied that the effect of the subsidy terminations had slowed, in the view of market analysts at Cox Automotive.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • All of this makes the recent terminations tricky for OpenAI and shows that safety disclosures are still very much at the whims of the labs.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of terminations
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