cease

Example Sentences

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Then Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the country’s Supreme National Security Council agreed to cease attacks and allow “safe passage” of ships through the strait, in post on X External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

He then instructed Nexstar to “immediately cease all ongoing actions relating to integration and consolidation of Nexstar and Tegna.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

And after a bitter three-year strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over wages and healthcare benefits, the family said in January that the paper will cease publication in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

You cease to have a big pile of cash in your account, and instead you have an income for life.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

But Zeus looked at him sternly and told him he was as intolerable as his mother, and bade him cease his whining.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton