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Recent Examples of terminus
The route stretches along South Boulevard to its southern I-485 terminus.
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Alexandria Sands, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
The incident happened at 8 a.m. Monday at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. subway station in Coney Island, police said, the terminus station where a 57-year-old woman was set on fire and killed in December.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
The trail’s eastern terminus is at Muir’s birthplace, a humble three-story home in Dunbar that’s now a historic museum and free to visit.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Her home town, which is situated in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, east of Española, is the terminus of a revered annual pilgrimage.
—Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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Alexandria Sands, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
The incident happened at 8 a.m. Monday at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. subway station in Coney Island, police said, the terminus station where a 57-year-old woman was set on fire and killed in December.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
The trail’s eastern terminus is at Muir’s birthplace, a humble three-story home in Dunbar that’s now a historic museum and free to visit.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Her home town, which is situated in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, east of Española, is the terminus of a revered annual pilgrimage.
—Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminus
Noun
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Between the six patients, there were gunshots to the torso, face and other extremities, Howard said.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Art Across Boundaries Since a young age, Yi Ming has been passionate about the power the visual arts possess to transcend not only philosophical and disciplinary boundaries, but also cultural and national borders.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Without the boundaries of a traditional office, remote workers can easily blur the lines between work and personal life, leading to distractions, procrastination, or even burnout.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The protests signal the extent of public alarm over some of Trump's executive actions and cuts to federal government.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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There, McVeigh was booked and saw on TV the extent of the devastation.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The decision effectively eliminates one of the few avenues government employees had to challenge their terminations.—
Eileen Sullivan,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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His termination caught employers and unions off guard — coming weeks after the labor contracts covering some 55,000 unionized grocery workers in California had expired — and threw a wrench in negotiations, said Kathy Finn, president of UFCW Local 770.—
Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jopling is a hitman with skull rings and a sadistic streak who does all sorts of dirty work, including engaging in some light decapitation and throwing a cat out the window before meeting an amusing end off a snowy cliff.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The meeting lasted about 15 minutes inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, where Francis often preached the need for a peaceful end to the war, just before Trump and Zelenskyy took their seats at the outdoor funeral service.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Terminus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminus. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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