- past participle of discontinue.
- past tense form of discontinue.
discontinued
Example Sentences
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Recreation and Parks ultimately discontinued its city-run pedal boat operations in 2009 after years of financial losses, according to a 2011 department report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Overall, 10.4 percent of participants discontinued treatment, and researchers reported no cases of drug-induced liver injury.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Etsy recorded a loss from discontinued operations of $161 million, related to the Depop sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"You've got spare garments because companies change their logos or they have discontinued items, sometimes a needle breaks in the machine and the logo is ruined and you can't sell it," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
She added that the glass of milk and the crackers that schoolchildren used to receive each day had been discontinued, and that mothers were quieting their children’s hunger with cups of tea.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
