case ending
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of case ending
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Greenpeace, which vowed to appeal, said last month it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case, ending over 50 years of activism.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
“They urged Sullivan to dismiss the case, ending Flynn’s legal jeopardy. They also asked him to dismiss Flynn’s charge ‘without irrelevant or personal comment’.”
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2020
Texas, Lambda Legal’s landmark case ending the criminalization of sodomy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2017
Court proceedings ended when Gillam Kerley of Wisconsin was released from a three-year prison sentence after four months, with the case ending in 1988.
From US News ● May 3, 2016
These declensions are all characterized by the prevalence, wherever possible, of i-umlaut in certain cases, the case ending being then dropped.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
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