terminus

noun

Definition of terminusnext
as in extremity

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Recent Examples of terminus Close to the route’s northern terminus, meanwhile, the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana displays historic items and fine art pieces crafted by the Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, and other Indigenous peoples. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026 The journey concludes at Santa Monica's oceanfront Art Deco Georgian, offering stunning views at the Mother Road's western terminus. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Pushing too hard is a fast route to overuse injuries and trail burnout, and neither one gets you to the terminus. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 The project will replace the existing alley between Kettner Boulevard and the train station at the western terminus of B Street. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for terminus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminus
  1. extremity
  2. boundary
  3. extent
  4. termination
  5. end
Noun
  • Besides being kind to the planet, The Point II will be kind to your lower extremities, too.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of extremity
Noun
  • The film centers on Leo and Anne, whose relationship becomes caught in a cycle of attraction and separation as the boundaries between intimacy and dependence, care and control and presence and absence steadily begin to collapse.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But the methods used in the show’s sting operations, as depicted here, uncomfortably skirt the dubious boundaries of entrapment.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of boundary
Noun
  • Mercury's rough surface, continually reshaped by debris hurled from impact craters, may have hidden the true extent of the loss, according to the researchers whose findings appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Houthis’ growing alliances with armed groups in Somalia, Sudan, and elsewhere across the Horn of Africa also suggest the extent to which their current escalation could quickly spill over into the broader region.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of extent
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  • Poverty has risen in Nigeria since 2023 following the five-fold increase in fuel prices that Tinubu’s termination of a fuel subsidy scheme triggered.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The ruling follows a Friday morning hearing, which came on the final day of a week-long reprieve from the Pentagon that temporarily stayed the trio’s terminations.
    — Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of termination
Noun
  • But Vicki’s insufferable attitude is nothing compared to Lisa’s selfishness by the end of the episode.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Underwood went 12-of-22 passing for 170 yards and gifted Western Michigan 3 points at the end of the first half.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Terminus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminus. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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