1
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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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
Then in Louisville, Kentucky in 2023, Connor Sturgeon, a 25-year-old bank employee facing termination, walked into a staff meeting and killed five coworkers while live-streaming the assault.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
They have been reinstated as per the court order but still face termination.
—Maria Recio, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Pulte also drafted the termination later Trump would later wave in front of a group of House Republicans during an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, according to three people familiar with the matter.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
The grant deed allows for an amendment or termination as long as the original grantor owns any part of the land.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
They have been reinstated as per the court order but still face termination.
—Maria Recio, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Pulte also drafted the termination later Trump would later wave in front of a group of House Republicans during an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, according to three people familiar with the matter.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
The grant deed allows for an amendment or termination as long as the original grantor owns any part of the land.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for termination
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There are always limitations to consider, and this research is no exception to that rule.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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One of the primary limitations as companies work toward the goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is the scarcity of reliable training data.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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Claire’s first filed for bankruptcy back in 2018, blaming similar larger economic factors for its demise.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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So, while rumors of its demise aren’t true, the show’s survival does underscore a bigger question: As federal dollars disappear, how many other programs (especially those without Tiny Desk’s global fanbase) will be able to weather the storm?—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But reports have suggested that China fears Russia losing the war or, at minimum, a cessation of hostilities would free up the U.S. and its allies to focus more heavily on China.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump has announced an immediate cessation to the negotiations last week after the digital tax, which was passed last year, was set to come into effect.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The current guidelines drinking – a limit of two drinks or less per day for men, and one per day for women – have been the same since 1990.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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For instance, in a practical deployment, I leveraged interval proofs to continually confirm that a fund’s leverage ratios never breached pre-established limits.—
Mirror Tang,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Others have found a higher risk of relationship dissolution when the woman outearns her husband, and men in this situation have an 11% greater chance of being diagnosed with a mental health problem.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Papal States maintained armies until their dissolution in 1870.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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The ending to our season really speaks to that question.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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It was released from trigeminal nerve endings surrounding cranial blood vessels.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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The area’s greatest economic driver after the end of the lumbering trade in the early 20th century has been and continues to be iron ore mining.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Let Wednesday stand as the unofficial end of San Francisco’s season — the day the last bit of hope was extinguished.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her husband, Patrick, 46, was stabbed to death in their Over-the-Rhine home during a June burglary.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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He was sentenced to death and remains on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Termination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termination. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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