as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
hoping the new medicine would bring surcease to his pain
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Noun
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All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025 -
This year in particular, the 9/9 portal coincides with the moon in Aries — the first sign of the zodiac — creating a balance between endings and beginnings, especially with Saturn retrograde stationed at the last degree of Pisces while Neptune retrograde journeys through the first degree of Aries.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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According to Typology, apply a quarter-size amount, lather from root to ends, and massage into scalp.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite the promise, researchers caution against early conclusions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Plus-size segment remains underserved by apparel market Mallorie Dunn, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and owner of SmartGlamour, a clothing line that offers the smallest and largest sizes, worries about the apparel retail market rushing to conclusions.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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In compliance and tax, these systems stay current on regulation changes and automatically apply the right rule to each client's case, ensuring fewer mistakes, better compliance and quicker closes.—
Tom Invernizzi,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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These closures could have a major impact on the rest of the West Coast, including Washington, as these states rely on California's refining capacity for continuous supply to meet domestic demand.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Stein has been critical of the nation’s response to Covid-19, including mask mandates and business closures.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Surceases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surceases. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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