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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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This jackpot portrayal of working motherhood never ceases to be a thrill for me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

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

The rattling continues for a few moments, and then ceases.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz