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as in stopped
to come to an end
the rain finally ceased, and we were able to continue the baseball game
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as in ended
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
cease chattering and get down to work, please
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Recent Examples of ceased
After building a little over 200 cars, TVR ceased production and hasn’t ever quite gotten going again.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Their tactics had long ceased to surprise me.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Despite the therapy’s success, support ceased once the child reached age seven.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The flights ceased when the company switched to a new fleet of jets that needed a longer runway.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Andrew’s office said at the time that the prince ceased his relationship with Yang after receiving government advice.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
But competition law meant Sky, which controlled the channel, had to stop buying up all the Premier League’s television packages, and the operation ceased in 2007.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Rader — who killed at least 10 victims over the span of three decades, per The New York Times — famously taunted police with his crimes through letters to law enforcement and the media for five years from 1974 to 1979, when his communications ceased.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Kate Phillips-Barrasso, vice president of global policy and advocacy for the humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, said the team has not been able to get any items into Gaza since March 2, which is when the first ceasefire fell apart and Israel ceased all entry of aid into Gaza.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Their tactics had long ceased to surprise me.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Despite the therapy’s success, support ceased once the child reached age seven.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The flights ceased when the company switched to a new fleet of jets that needed a longer runway.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Andrew’s office said at the time that the prince ceased his relationship with Yang after receiving government advice.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
But competition law meant Sky, which controlled the channel, had to stop buying up all the Premier League’s television packages, and the operation ceased in 2007.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Rader — who killed at least 10 victims over the span of three decades, per The New York Times — famously taunted police with his crimes through letters to law enforcement and the media for five years from 1974 to 1979, when his communications ceased.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Kate Phillips-Barrasso, vice president of global policy and advocacy for the humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, said the team has not been able to get any items into Gaza since March 2, which is when the first ceasefire fell apart and Israel ceased all entry of aid into Gaza.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceased
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As part of that process, Netflix stopped disclosing its subscribers at the end of last year.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Weekly updates from the more specific FluView have stopped, as have summary reports from RESP-NET that tracks hospitalizations for Covid-19, flu and RSV from a network of hospitals across the country.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Portland, meanwhile, overcame slipping into the wild-card round with a heavy defeat in the regular-season finale and bounced back with a 3-1 win of its own that ended Real Salt Lake’s season.—
Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its protagonist—unnamed, like those in Pond and Checkout 19—is a writer who has recently ended a doomed affair with an older man, Xavier.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Hegseth also warned that such strikes would continue until those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States halted their operations.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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A number of America's top employers have halted their sponsorship of H-1B visas for certain roles.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Research is ongoing and is being headed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and directed by Manuel Pérez Rivas, a press release concluded.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The delicate investigation at the site of the plant has concluded, but determining a cause could take months more, said Brice McCracken, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ special agent in charge at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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With his ferocious running style to his unwillingness to quit on a play, Skattebo has became an extremely player not just in New York, but across the league.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Ariana Grande is opening up about nearly quitting music.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to Henry Ford Health, there was a clause in the Teamsters contract that expired in August 2025 that tied union members’ pay to the number of nurses working on a unit each day.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee state records show one of those men was denied a private security license, another's expired in 2020 and a third wasn't listed in the database.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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The spokesperson said that an immigration judge had terminated his permanent resident status and ordered his removal on June 23, 2022, citing fraud and willful misrepresentation.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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All of those programs were eventually terminated, taking away almost a third of Helen Keller’s overall revenue.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The charter amendment, if passed, would scale back the current requirements by allowing the five-member City Commission to approve the sale of valuable city land, at market value, through a four-fifths vote in lieu of three bids.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, North Carolina has passed a bill known as Iryna' Law to try to change pretrial release conditions for people charged with violent offenses.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Ceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceased. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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