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terminated

  • past participle
    of terminate.
    terminate
    verb (used with object)
    to bring to an end; put an end to.
  • past tense form
    of terminate.
    terminate
    verb (used with object)
    to bring to an end; put an end to.

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The dispute over the federal contract began in March 2025, when the Health and Human Services Department terminated the contract with the Washington-based Acacia Center for Justice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Plagiarism claims against Arday were first made in July by Nathan Cofnas, a US academic and self-defined "race realist" whose research affiliation with a Cambridge college was terminated in 2024 amid racism accusations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

"The Wall of Receipts does not include an explanation of how the savings from terminated leases were calculated," the GAO said.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The complaint points to organizing efforts at an Amazon delivery station in Queens, N.Y., where it alleges Amazon reduced routes, laid off workers and ultimately terminated a contractor after union activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

At last she reached the end, where the tunnel terminated abruptly in a wooden hatch.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee