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  • past tense form of cease.
  • past participle of cease.
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ceased

[seest] / sist /


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Even during his incarceration, the former food chemist never ceased his political activity on social media, particularly on his YouTube channel, which has 162,000 subscribers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

This will be the first such security review for Meghan since she and Prince Harry ceased being working royals when they moved to the US in 2020.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Abroad, it meant travel, the Grand Tour, and a flow of tourist funds to those countries that has never ceased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

What happened: As the war approached its six-month mark, both sides mostly ceased military attacks, but shifted to economic pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

A meager colonization program had been underway before the war, but now that the sun had ceased to shine on Earth, the colonization entered an entirely new phase.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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