How to Use cessation in a Sentence

cessation

noun
  • Relapses after cessation of treatment are common.
  • Though even that was not an act so much as the cessation of an act.
    — Michael Deagler, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Give a big thanks to cessation of rain, and even some appearances of sun.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • And if there is a cessation to this, then, of course the atmosphere will change.
    — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Our cessation strategies have been geared toward adults, not kids.
    — Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Talk to your doctor or seek out a smoking cessation program for help.
    — Brittany Risher, Woman's Day, 1 July 2020
  • Tehran had linked any agreement to a cessation of strikes inside Lebanon.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • The result of this was a return to normal at school, and a cessation of the enuresis at night.
    — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Ohio is one of nine states in which the youth cessation program is being introduced.
    — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
  • Only in the final minutes was there a brief cessation in the warfare.
    — Patrick Healy and Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2016
  • The cessation of cigarette sales can have a big impact on public health.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Some of these effects are reversed by smoking cessation.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The e-cig is marketed as a cessation tool for cigarette users.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Anyone in the culture who is calling for a cessation of stereotypes has to renounce them in full.
    — Author: Carolyn Hax, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • The ‘monitoring mechanism’ for this deal is the same as the last cessation at the start of the year.
    — Janine Di Giovanni, Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2016
  • Peace, for Ukraine, means more than a cessation of hostilities.
    — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And to make a smoking cessation claim, Juul would likewise have to get approval.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • However, the stay-at-home years have been tough on older adults who were not prepared for an abrupt cessation of income.
    — Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • White believed that only brain death—the cessation of the brain’s electrical signals—meant true death.
    — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The cessation of hostilities, or ceasefire, that was put in place at the end of that conflict was holding.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The bargaining unit called for an immediate cessation of the cuts.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Complete smoking cessation should remain the goal.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • The cessation of talks on Wednesday, though, came with the sides unable to find a way past familiar sticking points.
    — Ben Goessling, Star Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The surcharge will be waived for the first year in which the recipient will have access to a number of cessation programs.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2018
  • As of April 1st, the office has been shut down, threatening decades of progress in smoking cessation.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The bill has been framed as an effort to crack down on youth vaping – but multiple smoking cessation groups have opposed it.
    — Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In many cases, weight loss and smoking cessation helps reduce disease severity over time.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
  • This shall not be impeded by the cessation of hostilities.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Wilson did all this over the heads of the British and French, but the cessation of hostilities achieved their aims as well.
    — Arthur Herman, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2018
  • Trump’s priorities include the return of migrants, the cessation of drug flows, and a share of oil revenues.
    — Richard Fontaine, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026

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