stopping
Americannoun
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stoppings
plural
noun
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informal a dental filling
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a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of stopping
1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing 1
Example Sentences
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You can blame the rest of us for not stopping it before it got this bad.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
French police tactics are becoming more effective in stopping small boats in the English Channel from reaching Britain, the Home Office has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like actual religion, to continue on versus stopping becomes a question of faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Customers of Blue Apron and Marley Spoon are demanding refunds and stopping orders due to missing ingredients, empty boxes and delivery delays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
He moves among our group quietly, stopping every now and then to inspect hats, mittens, sweaters.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
There were so many things going on with the police stoppings and stuff at the time, and it just really hit me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Smith also likes to push his clarinet above top C or to engage in a series of strangely manipulated double and triple stoppings.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one of these stoppings, Lord Courtown backed a little from the suite to talk with us, and he said he saw what benefit I reaped from the waters!
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney
And so, unprofitably, the journey was beguiled, not without frequent stoppings and refreshings, each of which had the effect of exhilarating Whipcord’s spirits and making Masham’s tongue looser and looser.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
Large stoppings showed like shadows behind the thin shells of the upper front ones.
From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Dorothy Miller Richardson
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