- past tense form of discontinue.
- past participle of discontinue.
discontinued
Example Sentences
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The company’s outlook for the core advertising business for the second quarter included a 50% gain in revenue year over year, excluding some discontinued parts of the business.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The trial was discontinued a week into the proceedings.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
But in a separate less rigorous study also examining berobenatide in obesity, less than 10% of people discontinued treatment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Roughly half of all patients discontinued their GLP-1 medication within one year, defined as going at least 60 days without treatment.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
One entire cupboard was crammed with boxes of vintage breakfast cereals, most of which had been discontinued before I’d been born.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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