terminus

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Recent Examples of terminus Why Charlotte’s light rail does not use gates Charlotte uses an open proof of payment fare system for the light rail, which runs from UNC Charlotte at its northern end to near Interstate 485 at its southern terminus. Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025 Since cable cars can’t reverse, operators must physically turn each car on a revolving wooden turntable at the terminus. Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Visit both or just browse their stall at the gourmet marketplace and mall that’s been carved out of the onetime water terminus, the Ferry Building. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025 In recent years, there has been more than a 16-fold increase in the thinning rate of the glacier at the terminus -- where the glacier is currently grounded on in the water -- from about 1 foot between 2000 and 2019 to an average of 18 feet between 2019 and 2024, the researchers found. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminus
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Noun
  • Reichardt emphasizes the extremity of the action with a strikingly novel form of cinematic narrative that, in a more ordinary drama, might feel like a facile evasion.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Still others bore amputations after diabetes complications led to peripheral neuropathy, a condition that blunts sensation in the extremities.
    Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • FinalSpark collaborates with ethicists to ensure the research remains within clear moral boundaries.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Currently, there are no details on the extent of land burned or the size of the crew involved in executing the prescribed fire.
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  • To some extent, this is true across geographies, the study shows.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The termination of the warehouse's 215 employees will happen in phases, according to a letter Wayfair sent to Kentucky's Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Unit.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • After a week of chaos and confusion, as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees described it, the fates of more than 600 workers hang in the balance now that a federal judge has temporarily blocked their terminations.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The crypto investment amounted to less than 1% of the total assets managed by the board which was more than $162 billion as of the end of 2024.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Terminus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminus. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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