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stoppage

noun

ˈstä-pij

Definition of stoppage

as in cessation

the stopping of a process or activity yet another stoppage in play for some unexplained reason

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Recent Examples of stoppage With the score tied 1-1 the San Jose Earthquakes were awarded a penalty deep into stoppage time. — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Marcinkowski stopped a penalty kick from Timo Werner in stoppage time to help preserve the draw. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Instead, Dallas striker Petar Musa completed a hat trick in stoppage time to salvage a 3-3 draw. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026 Keo Channet, deputy president of the Hi-Tech Apparel workers’ union, told Kiripost the stoppage effectively amounts to a shutdown of the company’s Cambodia operations. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoppage

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Noun

Except that a cessation of a line politely delivered arguably speaks to risks in transportation that await.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Democrats, however, are pushing for further limits in line with a war powers resolution that would force the cessation of military actions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of cessation

Noun

Last week, De Beers — which is owned by Anglo American — announced a two-year production halt at its flagship Venetia mine in South Africa.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
The escalation over the strait has seen shipping traffic ground to a halt through the waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil flowed before the war.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 17 July 2026

Definition of halt

Noun

According to the company’s launch announcement, GoMining introduced GoBTC Pay, a Bitcoin payment protocol that uses its own mining pool to prioritize transaction confirmation and targets 12-hour final on-chain settlement by the end of 2026.

— Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The policy’s cost to the state has ballooned into the billions as the industry grows and evolves, prompting some state officials to call for an end to the tax break.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of end

Noun

To reach these conclusions, the research methodology estimated how violence would have continued had the schools remained open, compared with crime data in the years after 2013.

— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
This conclusion was available to anyone willing to trust the current data and our fundamental understanding of economic theory.

— Don Muir, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

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