ceased
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It meant that the internal measure of time ceased advancing when the relevant changes in the system disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“The outflows ceased when we paused withdrawal service earlier. We are still working with partners to freeze many of the impacted assets, and have frozen around $3 billion thus far,” it said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The lawyer proposed a repayment plan, saying MCA funders might collect only a third of what was owed if Triways ceased operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Now, it has ceased operations to make way for development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Once cultures appeared, they never ceased to change and develop, and these unstoppable alterations are what we call ‘history’.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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