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ceases

  • present tense form
    of cease (3rd person singular).
    cease
    verb (used without object)
    to stop; discontinue.

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Dostoevsky follows the narrator over four nights and a morning during which he ceases living in his imagination and embraces reality for the first time.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Yet the drag on the bottom line ceases after chips are fully depreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Researchers refer to this phenomenon as Goodhart’s law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Every assignment, he explains, ceases to be an individual endeavor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

She does not bathe, does not warm herself by the kitchen fire, ceases to ask if she can go outdoors.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr