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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

When this stage is reached, shivering ceases as the body just gives up and apathy takes over.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson