terminus

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Recent Examples of terminus They were last seen Sunday morning on the Katahdin Tablelands heading toward the summit, which is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail and located in Baxter State Park. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 June 2025 Our Western inheritance, then: the concept of the deep underground as wasteland, dump, terminus of the unredeemable. Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation. Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Costa Verde is at the terminus of the UC San Diego Blue Line, where an elevated platform also connects to Westfield UTC on the east side of Genesee Avenue. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminus
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Noun
  • According to the warrant affidavit, an autopsy later found Eaton died of blunt impact injury of her head, neck, torso and extremities.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
  • Other victims included Javier Castillo, 15, of Central Islip, who was befriended by gang members only to be hacked with a machete in the head, neck, torso and extremities in an isolated marsh.
    Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Make time for personal activities, set boundaries and prioritize your well-being.
    Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • There was no need to build structures that would last, especially given how rapidly the boundaries were changing.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • For much of the public, the full extent of the destruction does not yet seem to have sunk in, partly because the military censor has prohibited publishing the location of direct hits.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
  • While the measure was discussed to some extent on that May date, specifics regarding the measure weren’t known until months later.
    Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The draft that the Senate released over the weekend sets a single termination date: Sept. 30th, three months from now.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • The phone line terminations serve as a testing ground for the task force's approach to cost reduction across federal agencies.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The Biden administration had calculated that an end to federal coal sales would reduce emissions by the equivalent of 293 million tons (266 million metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide annually.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
  • Toward the end of the clip circulating TikTok, the subway riders appear to beat the man after subduing him.
    Julia Marnin July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025

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“Terminus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminus. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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