cessations
- plural of cessation.
Example Sentences
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Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations last week had resulted in an agreement to create tentative cessations of fighting along “green” humanitarian corridors to facilitate civilian evacuations.
From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2022
During cessations of hostilities in the 1980s and 1990s, standard immunizations reached children in countries including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Sudan.
From Scientific American • Aug. 26, 2021
Sleep apnea is a term that’s used broadly to describe cessations of breath during sleep.
From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2017
“Given the previous failures of cessations of hostilities to hold, we approach it with some skepticism,” Obama said, “but it is worth trying.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2016
Partial cessations in the fall of sleet were also cheering occasionally; but the appearance of stars two hours before daylight promised to reward our enterprise and inspired me with hope.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas
