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  • past participle of stop.
  • past tense form of stop.
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stopped

British  
/ stɒpt /

adjective

  1. (of a pipe or tube, esp an organ pipe) closed at one end and thus sounding an octave lower than an open pipe of the same length

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Researchers observed roughly twice as many baryons as should have been produced based on the electric charge associated with stopped quarks.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

So far, regulation hasn’t stopped China from closing the gap with the U.S.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

When he agreed to take her to hospital he stopped on a road and discarded the taser, which has also been recovered by police.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Those questions kept resurfacing throughout my reporting, particularly when I stopped talking to experts and started talking to people my own age.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Ahead of us, Peter had stopped too, and was holding up his hand.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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