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Recent Examples of terminus
The dig revealed a stunning snapshot of the southern gate, complete with the fortifications around the city’s edge, exposing the entry point, a tollhouse, the terminus of the main street, and artifacts that continue to illuminate daily life in the former Swedish town.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Clinton and his flotilla made their way east to the canal’s terminus in Albany, then down the Hudson River to New York City.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Cherokee, North Carolina, is located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
The trail will go through the park and then eventually connect to Pine Point Park, the current terminus of the trail.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Clinton and his flotilla made their way east to the canal’s terminus in Albany, then down the Hudson River to New York City.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Cherokee, North Carolina, is located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
The trail will go through the park and then eventually connect to Pine Point Park, the current terminus of the trail.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminus
Noun
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This ultimately caused the tissue in her extremities to die and amputation was likely.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Mainstream media and online discussion around OnlyFans often veers into a moral panic, lamenting that the extremity of some creators’ work, in an age when outrage and engagement lead directly to revenue, may have a corrupting influence on audiences.—
Katie Whyatt,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One of the most powerful yet underappreciated forces in these dynamics is social identity, the psychological force that compels people to sort themselves into groups and take those group boundaries seriously.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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Soon enough, the fielders were spread depressingly across the ground with men littering the boundary.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The extent of the injuries has not been released.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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This is to some extent a consequence of how quickly the government had to act in the face of that emergency, a catch-22 between ensuring that the money would be going to actually help people who needed it and having to get billions out the door at lightning-speed.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Several organizations have closed operations within Venezuela as a result of the US grant terminations in early 2025.—
Ciaran Donnelly,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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The developer of Empire Wind says their project faces likely termination if the federal work stoppage continues past next week.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, Jerry, coach Brian Schottenheimer and team vice president Stephen Jones addressed the media in their end-of-the-season press conference where the Good, Bad, the Ugly covered every topic save for the moon landing.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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LeBron James didn't play due to arthritis and sciatica as Los Angeles' three-game winning streak came to an end.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Terminus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminus. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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