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as in limitation
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids
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as in demise
the act of ceasing to exist
feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins
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Recent Examples of termination
Charles resigned after being suspended and ahead of his termination hearing.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
The legality of the terminations is still being challenged, since the funding was approved by Congress under the 2022 law.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
With the termination of these grants, few will get to see the benefits of this investment.
—Paz Galupo, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Are they employees searching for wrongful termination help?
—Jc Serrano, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
The legality of the terminations is still being challenged, since the funding was approved by Congress under the 2022 law.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
With the termination of these grants, few will get to see the benefits of this investment.
—Paz Galupo, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Are they employees searching for wrongful termination help?
—Jc Serrano, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for termination
Noun
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But its biggest shortcoming is its range limitations, i.e., geofencing (see this map).—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Still, Pichai presented a vision of AI that was at once optimistic about the technology’s possibilities and sober-minded about some of its present limitations.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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So while Oyun-Erdene’s demise was likely rooted in factional bickering rather than a nefarious power grab, the debacle contains a stark warning that Mongolia’s political class needs to start pulling in the same direction for cherished freedoms to be secured.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
13 June 2025
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So basically, their awful demise is now a sense of joy for the people that are down there digging up the bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Transportation electrification would contribute mightily to the abeyance and cessation of these current and future disasters, saving untold property and lives.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Hamas has demanded a deal that would provide stronger guarantees toward a lasting cessation of hostilities, a position the U.S. and Israel have dismissed.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Some of these energy drinks contain a good portion of that daily limit.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2025
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Paul also opposes the measure's $4 trillion increase in the debt limit, a boost that the Treasury Department says is needed to avert a federal default as early as July.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Even a half-century later, the undead ghouls that descend upon survivors in a Pennsylvania farm house are timeless and the gut-punch ending couldn't be more timely.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The Supreme Court ruling did not offer guidance for the Trump administration on how to carry out the ending of the program.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Karen Read's retrial in the death of Boston cop John O'Keefe is near an end after more than a month's worth of pivotal testimony.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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Details on past launches can be found at the end of file.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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But that was followed by this latest stretch that’s begun to feel more like a death march than a slump, particularly the past three days.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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Finally, with homicides soaring to record levels, exasperated authorities pivoted to a novel strategy: Mexico filed a $10-billion suit in U.S. federal court seeking to have Smith & Wesson and other signature manufacturers held accountable for the country’s epidemic of shooting deaths.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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“Termination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termination. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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