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as in limitation
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids
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2
as in demise
the act of ceasing to exist
feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins
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Recent Examples of termination
Facilities in the federal program are subject to more inspections, escalating penalties, and potential termination from Medicare and Medicaid.
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Earlier this year, a coalition of public health groups, researchers and unions — led by the American Public Health Assn. — sued the NIH and Department of Health and Human Services over the termination of more than a thousand grants.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The draft that the Senate released over the weekend sets a single termination date: Sept. 30th, three months from now.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 30 June 2025
The phone line terminations serve as a testing ground for the task force's approach to cost reduction across federal agencies.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Earlier this year, a coalition of public health groups, researchers and unions — led by the American Public Health Assn. — sued the NIH and Department of Health and Human Services over the termination of more than a thousand grants.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The draft that the Senate released over the weekend sets a single termination date: Sept. 30th, three months from now.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 30 June 2025
The phone line terminations serve as a testing ground for the task force's approach to cost reduction across federal agencies.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for termination
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And that our natural limitations are not just physical, but also social and cognitive.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Isaacson says the limitations on mobility in immigrant communities will have ripple effects across the nation's economy.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Just months after Saint Archer’s demise, though, Japanese brewing behemoth Sapporo bought the county’s largest brewery, Stone.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Despite Cordelia Chase’s unfortunate demise in the Buffy spinoff Angel, Charisma Carpenter is game to revive the character in the upcoming Buffy reboot.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
2 July 2025
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After several days of intense fighting, a cessation of hostilities was announced, with Trump taking credit.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Two likely causes are an increase in food availability due to the recent wet winters (more rain leads to more plants and seeds, which lead to healthy rodent populations), and a cessation of the distemper epidemic that has decimated the populations of these animals in the Bay Area in recent years.—
Alison Hermance,
Mercury News,
17 June 2025
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Or why certain business owners should get a special tax deduction and the ability to avoid any limits on their SALT deduction while all workers and other business owners get neither benefit.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Make no mistake, the new 90% limit has no impact on the 2025 tax returns that will be filed early next year.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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According to a source, the steady stream of comments and questions from HFPA members has spurred requests for documents and verifications that have delayed for months the Attorney General’s office from giving the final signoff to the dissolution of the HFPA.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 July 2025
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But here in Trump-loving Northern Kentucky, some local Republicans are irate, viewing the committee dissolution as payback for rebelling against the party establishment.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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That ending is the most important scene and is very much in direct contact with the overarching theme that penetrates all three seasons.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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In addition, the Squid Game Season 3 ending certainly seems to allude to the format going international.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Most of those migrants stayed at their host churches until after the end of the first Trump term, waiting for their deportation orders to be deferred.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
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The Biden administration had calculated that an end to federal coal sales would reduce emissions by the equivalent of 293 million tons (266 million metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide annually.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
15 July 2025
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His wife's manner of death has been listed as a homicide.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
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“Termination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termination. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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